defendens
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);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...remoto regiae sedis loco arcana tacitus nostra defendens specus. non ille primos accipit soles locus, non ille seros..."De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...cognitione caedis Mediolani apud L. Pisonem proconsulem defendens reum, cum cohiberent lictores nimias laudantium voces, et ita excauduisset..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...formae pulchritudo sententiam dictat. Nam et Manium Aquilium defendens Antonius, cum scissa ueste cicatrices quas is pro patria..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...biberis diluta. foris est promus, et atrum defendens piscis hiemat mare: cum sale panis latrantem stomachum bene leniet..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...utraque regiis tenebantur praesidiis. itaque si sua intrepidus defendens primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset, neque receptus Romanis..."