defendentem
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.
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...totum autem congregatio criminum accusantem adiuvat, separatio defendentem. Solebam id, quod fieri et in argumentis dixi, in tota..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...allegorian M. Caelium, melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat. Emphasi A. Vivius dixit..."