defectus

defectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of dēficiō.

Pronunciation

Participle

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. grown weak or faint, weakened, having suffered or suffering some weakness
  2. running short of, lacking, in want, in need
Declension

First/second-declension participle.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēfectus dēfecta dēfectum dēfectī dēfectae dēfecta
genitive dēfectī dēfectae dēfectī dēfectōrum dēfectārum dēfectōrum
dative dēfectō dēfectae dēfectō dēfectīs
accusative dēfectum dēfectam dēfectum dēfectōs dēfectās dēfecta
ablative dēfectō dēfectā dēfectō dēfectīs
vocative dēfecte dēfecta dēfectum dēfectī dēfectae dēfecta

Adjective

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum, comparative dēfectior, superlative dēfectissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. tired, worn out
  2. faulty, defective (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

    From dēficiō + -tus (forming action nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension

    1. failure
    2. absence
    3. weakness, failing, defect
    4. defection, revolt
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dēfectus dēfectūs
    genitive dēfectūs dēfectuum
    dative dēfectuī dēfectibus
    accusative dēfectum dēfectūs
    ablative dēfectū dēfectibus
    vocative dēfectus dēfectūs
    Descendants

    References

    • defectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • defectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "defectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • defectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • defectus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011