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defensus
defensus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dēfendō (“drive away; defend”).
Participle
dēfensus m (feminine dēfensa, neuter dēfensum); first/second declension
- driven away, having been driven away
- defended, having been defended, guarded, having been guarded, protected, having been protected
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēfensus | dēfensa | dēfensum | dēfensī | dēfensae | dēfensa | |
| genitive | dēfensī | dēfensae | dēfensī | dēfensōrum | dēfensārum | dēfensōrum | |
| dative | dēfensō | dēfensō | dēfensīs | ||||
| accusative | dēfensum | dēfensam | dēfensum | dēfensōs | dēfensās | dēfensa | |
| ablative | dēfensō | dēfensā | dēfensō | dēfensīs | |||
| vocative | dēfense | dēfensa | dēfensum | dēfensī | dēfensae | dēfensa | |