defectus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Noun use of defectus, the perfect participle of deficio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension

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

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: defecte (learned)
  • English: defect
  • Italian: difetto (semi-learned)
  • Middle French: defaicte
  • Russian: дефе́кт (defékt)
  • Old Welsh: diffeith

Adjective

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

  1. tired, worn out
  2. faulty, defective

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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References

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  • 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 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.