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
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid tecum oro, senex? ut illas serves, vim defendas, dum ego erum adduco meum. D. Quaere erum atque..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc etiam hic agat ac tu tum partis defendas tuas. Plevs. Ego eo intro igitur.—Pal. Et praecepta..." - M
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..." - Q
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..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Orestillam commendo tuaeque fidei trado; eam ab iniuria defendas per liberos tuos rogatus! Haveto!" Sed ipse paucos dies..."