defendebantur
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);
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...transeuntium et abacti pecorum greges sub hoc titulo defendebantur; iam privati veneni transcriptio est? iterum ac saepius, iudices..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...cohortibus, quae ibi praesidio erant relictae, industrie defendebantur, multo etiam acrius a Thracibus barbarisque auxiliis. Nam qui acie..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...repressa a nostris, etsi oppidani superiore loco defendebantur. Hi cum eruptionem facere coepissent, tamen virtute militum nostrorum..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nisi fecissem, frustra ministros probassem. Neque enim ita defendebantur, ut negarent, sed ut necessitati veniam precarentur; esse enim..."