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
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..."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..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sociis maximum vinculum esse primos qui eguissent ope defensos censebat. Tum collega cunctante equitatum suum mille peditum, iaculatoribus..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eius gentis populos ab Samnitium vi atque iniuriis defensos scribant; ceterum fortuna Samnitium, vix a se ipsis..."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..."