defendundam
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);
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...haud itast. {De.} hic in noxast, ille ad defendundam causam adest; quom illest, hic praestost: tradunt operas mutuas..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...eodem libro: "Nam neque alacriores" inquit "ad rempublicam defendundam neque segniores ad rem perperam faciundam annales libri commovere..."