defendas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defendo, defendere, defendi, defensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
defend/guard/protect, look after; act/speak/plead/write for defense; prosecute;; repel, fend/ward off, avert/prevent; support/preserve/maintain; defend (right);
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid tecum oro, senex? ut illas serves, vim defendas, dum ego erum adduco meum. D. Quaere erum atque..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc etiam hic agat ac tu tum partis defendas tuas. Plevs. Ego eo intro igitur.—Pal. Et praecepta..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...licet invidiam vocis illius alterius mentis simulatione defendas, occisuri tamen fuit ipsum experimentum, nec interest rigoris, quaedam patiaris..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Capitolini furtis iniecta Petilli te coram fuerit, defendas, ut tuus est mos: 'me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Orestillam commendo tuaeque fidei trado; eam ab iniuria defendas per liberos tuos rogatus! Haveto!" Sed ipse paucos dies..."