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
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..."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..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...gererent, iam multifariam scalis appositis urbem eo die defenderunt. Acilius signo receptui dato suos in castra medio ferme..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...restinguendum incendium concurrent. aliter iidem illi Carthaginienses Hispaniam defenderunt, aliter moenia patriae, templa deum, aras et focos defendent..."