1. dēfectus — Lewis & Short
dēfectus, a, um, P. a., from deficio.
Part. andThe corpus record — Latin
defectus2
defectus2 · P. a
Part. and P. a., from deficio
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Where it lives
- de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
- Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
- Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
2. dēfectus — Lewis & Short
dēfectus, ūs, m.deficio.
I (For defectio, no. I.) Defection, revolt:
magno animo defectum eorum tulit,Curt. 7, 19, 39 Mützell.:
legionum,Capitol. Macr. 8.—
II ( = defectio, no. III.) A failing, failure, lack, disappearance (freq. in the elder Pliny;
elsewhere rare): lactis (mammae),Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:
stomachi,weakness, id. 19, 5, 29, § 92:
animi,a swoon, id. 20, 2, 6, § 12:
albicante purpurae defectu,fading away into white, id. 37, 9, 40, § 123:
in tanto defectu rerum,freedom from occupation, Amm. 16, 5, 5. Of the eclipsing of the heavenly bodies:
solis,Lucr. 5, 751; imitated by Verg. G. 2, 478:
ejus (sc. lunae) species ac forma mutatur tum crescendo, tum defectibus in initia recurrendo,Cic. N. D. 2, 19 fin.
In the wild
- defectibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.2.p7
- defectibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.12.p1
- defectibus Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.50
- defectuum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.2.p4
- defectibus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.6.70
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