dēfendo
transitive verb III conjugation

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1 to defend, to guard, to protect, to look after
2 to act, to speak, to plead, to write for defence
3 to prosecute
4 to repel, to fend, to ward off, to avert, to prevent
5 to support, to preserve, to maintain
6 (right) to defend

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Locutions, idioms and examples


aliquem defendo || aliquem ab aliqua re defendo || ab aliquo (or ab aliqua re) aliquem defendo = defend someone from someone or something || de ambitu aliquem defendo || aliquid alicui defendo || aliquem contra aliquem defendo || a quibus nos defendi putabamur = those who I thought were our defenders || alienissimos defendimus || aquilam defendo || eam ab iniuria defendas per liberos tuos rogatus Haveto || bellum inlatum defendo || eadem de re alias aliud defendo || causam defendo or accipio || castra tueor et defendo || audacter sua decreta defendo || iam multifariam scalis appositis urbem eo die defenderunt || aliquem inter sicarios defendo || bellum non infero, sed defendo || ab incendio, ab ariete defendo = to defend agaist fires, against rams || ab ariete materia defendit = wood protects from the blows of the ram || adsueti muros defendere || a me nullum scelus defendi ac tegi = I who do not defends nor protect any crime || auctorem odimus acta defendimus || L. Gellius causam Liguris defendebat || Galliam …ab Ariovisti iniuria … defendo || censeo eis permittendum ut rem publicam defendant || causam nescio quam apud iudicem defendebat || tacite dat lex potestatem defendendi || vos populi Romani causam suscipite atque defendite || alias bellum infero alias illatum defendo || amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt || adice, ut idem patrem reum defendat, ut … || cavisse deos ut tuto libertas defendi posset || Galliamque omnem ab Ariovisti iniuria posse defendere || civilium officiorum rudimentis regem Archelaum defendit || actoris partis chorus officiumque virile defendat = that the choir may fulfil actor's parts and claim its function || ceteri senes cum rem publicam defendebant, nihil agebant ? || vos testor integro me animo ac libero P. Sullae causam defendere || causarum illustrium, quascumque defendi, nunc cum maxime conficio orationes || earum rerum nullam sibi iste neque infitiandi rationem neque defendendi facultatem reliquit omnibus in rebus arguitur a me




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