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defectus
defectus
Latin
Noun
dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfectus | dēfectūs |
| genitive | dēfectūs | dēfectuum |
| dative | dēfectuī | dēfectibus |
| accusative | dēfectum | dēfectūs |
| ablative | dēfectū | dēfectibus |
| vocative | dēfectus | dēfectūs |
Descendants
- Russian: дефе́кт (defékt)
Adjective
dēfectus m (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēfectus | dēfecta | dēfectum | dēfectī | dēfectae | dēfecta | |
| genitive | dēfectī | dēfectae | dēfectī | dēfectōrum | dēfectārum | dēfectōrum | |
| dative | dēfectō | dēfectō | dēfectīs | ||||
| accusative | dēfectum | dēfectam | dēfectum | dēfectōs | dēfectās | dēfecta | |
| ablative | dēfectō | dēfectā | dēfectō | dēfectīs | |||
| vocative | dēfecte | dēfecta | dēfectum | dēfectī | dēfectae | dēfecta | |
Related terms
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “defectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.