defensorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defensum, defensi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Geography:
- Britain
defense; enclosure;
gen. 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);
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →defensor, defensoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
defender/protector; supporter/champion/apologist; defendant; defense advocate;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...confirmant tantum, ut in munitionibus consistere audeant speciemque defensorum praebeant. Interim confecta frumentatione milites nostri clamorem exaudiunt: praecurrunt..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...magna parte militum confecta vulneribus res ad paucitatem defensorum pervenerat, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur; quorum..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...incautum Tigranen offendit. occupaverat Tigranocertam, urbem copia defensorum et magnitudine moenium validam. ad hoc Nicephorius amnis haud spernenda..."