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..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fecimus igitur quicquam tam hostes, neque bonorum sociorum defuimus officio, sed a uobis prohibiti praestare fuimus. "quid igitur..."