defensis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defensa, defensae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
defense;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →defensum, defensi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Geography:
- Britain
defense; enclosure;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...erit crimen, sed etiam transferendum, ut his prius defensis velut initium sit alium culpandi narratio, ut in armorum..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...adesse canebat; Galli per dumos aderant arcemque tenebant defensi tenebris et dono noctis opacae. aurea caesaries ollis atque..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...celeriter fecerunt, obsides ad numerum frumentumque miserunt. Trinobantibus defensis atque ab omni militum inuria prohibitis Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fide cultis et ab omni genere iniuriae defensis. audito successoris aduentu cum arma uiros equos cum cura inspexisset..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...agris compulerat. Huius generis multitudo fama impigre defensi ad Placentiam praesidii accensa armis arreptis obviam Hannibali procedit. Magis..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fidem reciperentur: si a Samnitium armis defensi essent, se sub imperio populi Romani fideliter atque oboedienter futuros. Missi..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nunc, misericordia vestra conciliati auxilioque in dubiis rebus defensi, beneficium quoque acceptum colamus oportet, ne ingrati atque omni..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...praegredientem incursavere Mardi, latrociniis exerciti contraque inrumpentem montibus defensi; quos Corbulo immissis Hiberis vastavit hostilemque audaciam externo sanguine..."
