deficio
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples

Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...mitis solator, acerbis 40auditus tumulis et descendentibus umbris,deficio medicasque manus fomentaque quaerovulneribus, sed summa, meis. nunc tempus..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...inemptas, largi flumina quis canat Lyaei? iam iam deficio tuoque Baccho in serum trahor ebrius soporem. Quos ibit..."
