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
- T
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Poenus ad Consentiam copias traducit, quam minus pertinaciter defensam intra paucos dies in deditionem accepit. Iisdem ferme diebus..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...insequente Satricum, coloniam populi Romani, pertinaciter a colonis defensam, vi expugnarunt foedeque in captis exercuere victoriam..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."
