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defenderit

Dictionary entries

  • 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);

    Entry →
    sg. futperf. act. ind. 3rd
    sg. perf. act. subj. 3rd

Examples

  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...Caecilium quod ad accusandum descendat qui semper defenderit: quaedam confessio, ut pro Rabirio Postumo, quem sua quoque sententia..."
  • M

    Liber IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...mirari quosdam quod is qui per tot annos defenderit multos, laeserit neminem, ad accusandum Verrem descenderit. Deinde ostendit..."
  • G

    Liber I

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO

    "...venerit et quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit. Se prius in Galliam venisse quam populum Romanum. Numquam ante..."

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