defenderem
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. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...rebus, cum L. Murenam te accusante defenderem. apud imperitos tum illa dicta sunt, aliquid etiam coronae datum; nunc..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...togatoque ut vos a barbaris hostibus, a superbis defenderem civibus. Tam parvus animus tanti populi est ut semper..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...contrarium quam si advocatus a senatu datus defenderem ut reum, cui opus esset ne reus videretur. Cum tamen..."