defectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of dēficiō.

Pronunciation

Participle

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum)Category:Latin non-lemma forms#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin participles#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin perfect participles#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin first and second declension participles#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with entries#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEFECTUS; 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.

Adjective

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum, comparative dēfectior, superlative dēfectissimus)Category:Latin lemmas#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin adjectives#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin first and second declension adjectives#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with entries#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEFECTUS; first/second-declension adjective

  1. tired, worn out
  2. faulty, defective (Can we verify(+) this sense?)Category:Requests for verification in Latin entries#DEFECTUS
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin de-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin facio
Latin dēficiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin dēfectus

    From dēficiō + -tus (forming action nouns).

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    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs)Category:Latin lemmas#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin nouns#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin fourth declension nouns#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEFECTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with entries#DEFECTUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEFECTUS; fourth declension

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

    Fourth-declension noun.

    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
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