defensum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defensa, defensae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
defense;
gen. pl. - Entry →defensum, defensi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Geography:
- Britain
defense; enclosure;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...175amputat ense manus; caput obterit ossaque saxoac male defensum fragili conpage cerebrumdissipat; alterius flamma crinesque genasquesuccendit, strident oculis..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...pauci ex summatibus viris intenti infensique erant, defensum conservatumque pergit orationemque inclutam dicit, quae et seorsum fertur inscriptaque..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...pugnam in campo castra posuit. Hinc invictus patriam defensum revocatus bellum gessit adversus P. Scipionem, filium eius, quem..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fortunam ex aliis. nunc te mea dextera bello defensum dabit et magna inter praemia ducet. tu facito..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...amitteretur. Sed opportunissime nuntiis allatis oppidum est defensum; Cassiusque ad Sulpicianam inde classem profectus est Vibonem, applicatisque nostris..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...antea oppugnatum summaque vi per ipsos oppidanos erat defensum. Ibi in campo castris unis positis ipse frumentatum circum..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...minime tamen probabiliter—manifesta enim res erat—defensum; cetera deprecatio erat. sed non eis animis audiebantur..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...prorogata imperia. sedecim non amplius eo anno legionibus defensum imperium est. et ut placatis dis omnia inciperent agerentque..."
