deficiam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deficio, deficere, defeci, defectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fail, disappoint, let down; leave without a sufficiency; cease to be available;; (PASS) be left without/wanting, lack; have shortcomings; L:come to nothing;; fail/falter; run short/out; grow weak/faint; come to end; revolt/rebel, defect;; pass away; become extinct, die/fade out; subside/sink; suffer eclipse, wane;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples

Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...insomnia curis prospicio! quotiens raucos ad litoris ictus deficiam Scythicum metuens pontumque polumque nec de te credam nostris..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ruenti obstet et extinctos galeae pater ingerat orbes, deficiam. anne bibam superest quodcumque cruoris Inachii et uestris etiamnum..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...castra oppugnanda censeam, neque tanti timoris, uti spe deficiam, atque omnia prius experienda arbitror magnaque ex parte..."
