defenderunt
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);
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Cornelius Celsus falso existimat, et Pollio et Messala defenderunt eosdem, et nobis pueris insignes pro Voluseno Catulo Domiti..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...quique eos armati ex praesidio secuti sunt, se defenderunt et nonnullis eorum interfectis incolumes se ad nostros receperunt..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...gererent, iam multifariam scalis appositis urbem eo die defenderunt. Acilius signo receptui dato suos in castra medio ferme..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...restinguendum incendium concurrent. aliter iidem illi Carthaginienses Hispaniam defenderunt, aliter moenia patriae, templa deum, aras et focos defendent..."