defendentis
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);
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...dicente. Alia namque principia conducunt reos apud iudices defendenti et clementiam misericordiamque undique indaganti, alia, cum senatus..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...orti in Bithynia contaminatum, quondam etiam in senatu defendenti ei Nysae causam, filiae Nicomedis, beneficiaque regis..."De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...facilius C. Curioni promptissimo iuveni, causam Caesaris defendenti, contradiceret, repetisse declamandi consnetudinem; M. Antonium, item Augustum ne Mutinensi..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habent, quod a parte accusantis defensio est et defendentis accusatio. Praeterea, cum quis rationem mortis in senatu reddit..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...auctoritatem induat vera sentientis, quo magis credatur vel defendenti eadem vel neganti. Ideoque hoc primum intuemur, litigatoris..."