deficiens
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quisque videbat implicitum morbo, morti damnatus ut esset, deficiens animo maesto cum corde iacebat, funera respectans animam amittebat..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...remisimus aegro: munere dignus erat conualuisse meo. Sensit deficiens sua praemia meque patronum dixit ad infernas liber iturus..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...parum potens in perferendis his quae integer tulerat, deficiens concutit quicquid suo uigore tendebat. [19,1] Metrodorum Chium..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...consilium itur, dum aut disiecta coma restituitur aut deficiens hinc atque illinc in frontem compellitur? Quomodo irascuntur..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fluctus ore petens, quos profugus latex auertit sterili deficiens uado conantemque sequi deserit; hic bibit altum de rapido..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...meque iam dorso ferens qua iungit hominem spina deficiens equo, frangebat ipsas fluminis tumidi minas. Iam totus undis..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...mihi acciderunt. — Quid novi?" inquam ego. At ille deficiens: "Cum errarem, inquit, per totam civitatem nec invenirem..."Pliny
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...quidam existimant a servo suo occisus, quem aestu deficiens ut necem sibi maturaret oraverat. Suetonius The Latin Library..."
