defensam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defensa, defensae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
defense;
acc. sg. - 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. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Poenus ad Consentiam copias traducit, quam minus pertinaciter defensam intra paucos dies in deditionem accepit. Iisdem ferme diebus..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...insequente Satricum, coloniam populi Romani, pertinaciter a colonis defensam, vi expugnarunt foedeque in captis exercuere victoriam..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...perrumperentur: at nunc patulam latitudinem et nulla umbra defensam graviore aestu ardescere. Et haec quidem humanis consiliis providebantur..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Veranii voce defletum Caesarem, ab imperatore et Augusta defensam Plancinam. proinde venena et artes tam feliciter expertas verteret..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ordines in Germania duxerat. Spurinna comperto itinere hostium defensam Placentiam, quaeque acta et quid Caecina pararet, Annium Gallum..."
