defectus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of dēficiō. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛk.tus] ==== Participle ==== dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum); first/second-declension participle grown weak or faint, weakened, having suffered or suffering some weakness running short of, lacking, in want, in need ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension participle. ==== Adjective ==== dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum, comparative dēfectior, superlative dēfectissimus); first/second-declension adjective tired, worn out faulty, defective (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From dēficiō + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛk.tus] ==== Noun ==== dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension failure absence weakness, failing, defect defection, revolt ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Related terms === dēfector dēficiō dēfectīvus === 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, 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. defectus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011