The corpus record — Latin

defensito

to defend often, to practise defending

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Where it lives

Lucullus 3 · 1.67/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

dēfensĭto — Lewis & Short

dēfensĭto, āvi, 1,

I v. a. freq. [defenso], to defend often, to practise defending (perh, only in the foll. passages): haec non acrius accusavit in senectute, quam antea defensitaverat, Cic. Ac. 2, 22; cf. ib. 2, 45, 139: causas, id. Brut. 26, 100; id. Off. 1, 33 fin.

In the wild

defensitaverat Cicero, Lucullus 69
defensitavit Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.25.4
defensitavit Cicero, Brutus 100
defensitabat Cicero, Lucullus 139
defensitavisset Cicero, Lucullus 71.p1

Where it came from

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