defensus
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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...esse vocis eius originem dixerit Gavius Bassus. VIII. Defensus error a Vergilii versibus, quos arguerat Iulius Hyginus grammaticus..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...littera propter vocabuli formam productiore." VIII. Defensus erroe a Vergilii versibus, quos arguerat Iulius Hyginus grammaticus; et ibidem..."Phocion
Cornelius Nepos
"...eodem in iudiciis, cum capitis causam diceret, defensus aliquotiens, liberatus discesserat. Hunc non solum in periculis non defendit..."Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...timeo, uictus ne poenas exigat Aiax ut male defensus. curramus praecipites et, dum iacet in ripa, calcemus Caesaris..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nomine dico, quod volet adiuvare adiutus, protegere defensus, quod bonum exemplum circuitu ad facientem revertitur (sicut mala exempla..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Cleonaeo iam tempora clausus hiatu Alcides, olim Lernae defensus ab angue Arcas et ambobus iam cornua fracta iuvencis..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aufert. sternuntur terra Melaneus pedes, Antiphus alto nil defensus equo, genitusque Heliconide nympha Aetion, caesoque infamis fratre Polites..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...forent, serpens sine vulnere mansit loricaeque modo squamis defensus et atrae duritia pellis validos cute reppulit ictus..."