defensos
Dictionary entries
- 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. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...bruma rigeret,dimaduere niues. inpulsam sidere Tethynreppulit Haemonium defenso litore carmen. 480terra quoque inmoti concussit ponderis axes..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...quod ad principium reprehensum attinet, scire oportuit Tironem defensos esse Rhodienses a Catone, sed ut a senatore..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...egenis coetibus, ignotae tantum felicibus arae. fama est defensos acie post busta paterni numinis Herculeos sedem fundasse nepotes..."- T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sociis maximum vinculum esse primos qui eguissent ope defensos censebat. Tum collega cunctante equitatum suum mille peditum, iaculatoribus..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eius gentis populos ab Samnitium vi atque iniuriis defensos scribant; ceterum fortuna Samnitium, vix a se ipsis..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Vatinium concursu totius civitatis et accusatos et defensos, ut frigidissimos quoque oratores ipsa certantis populi studia excitare..."