defices
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. act. subj. 2nd
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..."- P
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..."