Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 500.dēficiō on page 500
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dēficere to fail
dēficere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to fail.
Definitions for dēficere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
fail
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
(of things) To leave without a sufficiency. cease to be available to, fail. (b) to withold expected service from, let down, fail.
- 2
(pass., with abl. or ab) To be left without, lack; (absol.) to have shortcomings, be wanting. (b) (leg.) to become ineffective, come to nothing. (c) ~ici condicione, to fail to satisfy a condition.
- 3
To be lacking, run short, fail. (b) (w. dat., ad) to be insufficient (for a purpose), be lacking (for).
- 4
(a) (of a source of supply) To give out, run short. (b) (w. abl., of persons) to become short, be deprived (of).
- 5
To lose strength, weaken, fail, fade. (b) to succumb to tiredness or weakness; to faint away.
Sentences with dēficere
Latin to English
Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.Compare Though strength be wanting, my daring is sure to win me praise: in great undertakings it is meritorious even to have the will.
Primo avulso non deficit alter aureus, et simili frondescit virga metallo.Compare When a bough is torn away, another gold one grows in its place with leaves of the same metal.
Strenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque quadrigis petimus bene vivere, quod petis hic est, est Ulubris, animus si te non deficit aequus.Compare We work hard at doing nothing: we seek happiness in yatchs and four-horse coaches. What you seek is here -is at Ulubrae- if an even soul does not fail you.
Neque materia multitudo arbor deficio possum.Compare Nor could timber fail by reason of the great number of trees.
Conjugation table for dēficere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dēficiō dēficis dēficit dēficimus dēficitis dēficiunt | dēficiēbam dēficiēbās dēficiēbat dēficiēbāmus dēficiēbātis dēficiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dēfēcī dēfēcistī dēfēcit dēfēcimus dēfēcistis dēfēcērunt / dēfēcēre | dēfēceram dēfēcerās dēfēcerat dēfēcerāmus dēfēcerātis dēfēcerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dēficiam dēficiēs dēficiet dēficiēmus dēficiētis dēficient | dēfēcerō dēfēceris dēfēcerit dēfēcerimus dēfēceritis dēfēcerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dēficiam dēficiās dēficiat dēficiāmus dēficiātis dēficiant | dēficerem dēficerēs dēficeret dēficerēmus dēficerētis dēficerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dēfēcerim dēfēceris dēfēcerit dēfēcerimus dēfēceritis dēfēcerint | dēfēcissem dēfēcissēs dēfēcisset dēfēcissēmus dēfēcissētis dēfēcissent |
Infinitive present dēficere Infinitive perfect dēfēcisse Infinitive future dēfectūrum esse | Imperative present dēfice dēficite Imperative future dēficitō dēficitō dēficitōte dēficiuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dēficior dēficeris dēficitur dēficimur dēficiminī dēficiuntur | dēficiēbar dēficiēbāris / dēficiēbāre dēficiēbātur dēficiēbāmur dēficiēbāminī dēficiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dēfectus sum dēfectus es dēfectus est dēfectī sumus dēfectī estis dēfectī sunt | dēfectus eram dēfectus erās dēfectus erat dēfectī erāmus dēfectī erātis dēfectī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dēficiar dēficiēris / dēficiēre dēficiētur dēficiēmur dēficiēminī dēficientur | dēfectus erō dēfectus eris dēfectus erit dēfectī erimus dēfectī eritis dēfectī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dēficiar dēficiāris / dēficiāre dēficiātur dēficiāmur dēficiāminī dēficiantur | dēficerer dēficerēris / dēficerēre dēficerētur dēficerēmur dēficerēminī dēficerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dēfectus sim dēfectus sīs dēfectus sit dēfectī sīmus dēfectī sītis dēfectī sint | dēfectus essem dēfectus essēs dēfectus esset dēfectī essēmus dēfectī essētis dēfectī essent |
Infinitive present dēficī Infinitive perfect dēfectum esse Infinitive future dēfectum īrī | Imperative present dēficere dēficiminī Imperative future dēficitor dēficitor - dēficiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | dēficiēns | dēficientēs |
| Gen. | dēficientis | dēficientium |
| Dat. | dēficientī | dēficientibus |
| Acc. | dēficientem | dēficientēs |
| Abl. | dēficiente | dēficientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | dēfectūrus | dēfectūrī |
| Gen. | dēfectūrī | dēfectūrōrum |
| Dat. | dēfectūrō | dēfectūrīs |
| Acc. | dēfectūrum | dēfectūrōs |
| Abl. | dēfectūrō | dēfectūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | dēfectus | dēfectī |
| Gen. | dēfectī | dēfectōrum |
| Dat. | dēfectō | dēfectīs |
| Acc. | dēfectum | dēfectōs |
| Abl. | dēfectō | dēfectīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | dēficiendus | dēficiendī |
| Gen. | dēficiendī | dēficiendōrum |
| Dat. | dēficiendō | dēficiendīs |
| Acc. | dēficiendum | dēficiendōs |
| Abl. | dēficiendō | dēficiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | dēficere | dēfectum |
| Gen. | dēficiendī | dēfectū |
| Dat. | dēficiendō | |
| Acc. | dēficiendum | |
| Abl. | dēficiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 474.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 500.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "dēficiō, dēficere, dēfēcī, dēfectum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/deficio-deficere-defeci-defectum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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