defuimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desum, desse, defui, defuturus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
- Field:
- Poetry
be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...flectere sensus virginis ignotaque animum contingere cura defuimus, data continuo cingula soli nostra tibi, quis mota loco labefactaque..."- T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fecimus igitur quicquam tam hostes, neque bonorum sociorum defuimus officio, sed a uobis prohibiti praestare fuimus. "quid igitur..."