defectus
Latin
Etymology
Noun use of the past participle of deficere.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈfek.tus/, [d̪eːˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfek.tus/, [d̪eˈfɛkt̪us]
Noun
dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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 (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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 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.