deficer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defico, deficare, deficavi, deficatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
deify, make one a god;; strain/clear/cleanse, remove dregs/impurities from; defecate (L+S); set at ease;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...matri. surge age et in duris haud umquam defice, caelo mox aderis teque astra ferent: tu semper amoris..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...gens quaeritis amnem. vasta super tellus, longum (ne defice coeptis!) aequor et ipse procul, verum dabit ostia, Phasis..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dives opacat ramus humum. tuque, o, dubiis ne defice rebus, diva parens.' sic effatus vestigia pressit observans quae..."