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  • defensa, defensae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short
    Age:
    Late

    = defense;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
  • 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);

    Entry →
    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..."

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