defendo

Esperanto

Etymology

From defendi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [deˈfendo]
• Rhymes: -endo
• Hyphenation: de‧fend‧o

Noun

defendo (uncountable, accusative defendon)

1. defense (US), defence (Commonwealth)

Galician

Verb

defendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of defender

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, to kill”). Compare offendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈfen.doː/, [d̪eːˈfɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfen.do/, [d̪eˈfɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

dēfendō (present infinitive dēfendere, perfect active dēfendī, supine dēfēnsum); third conjugation

1. to drive away
2. to defend, guard or protect, to stand up for, to stick up for

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, mūniō, tueor, servō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.6:

     Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

     As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfendō	dēfendis	dēfendit	dēfendimus	dēfenditis	dēfendunt
	imperfect	dēfendēbam	dēfendēbās	dēfendēbat	dēfendēbāmus	dēfendēbātis	dēfendēbant
	future	dēfendam	dēfendēs	dēfendet	dēfendēmus	dēfendētis	dēfendent
	perfect	dēfendī	dēfendistī	dēfendit	dēfendimus	dēfendistis	dēfendērunt, dēfendēre
	pluperfect	dēfenderam	dēfenderās	dēfenderat	dēfenderāmus	dēfenderātis	dēfenderant
	future perfect	dēfenderō	dēfenderis	dēfenderit	dēfenderimus	dēfenderitis	dēfenderint
passive	present	dēfendor	dēfenderis, dēfendere	dēfenditur	dēfendimur	dēfendiminī	dēfenduntur
	imperfect	dēfendēbar	dēfendēbāris, dēfendēbāre	dēfendēbātur	dēfendēbāmur	dēfendēbāminī	dēfendēbantur
	future	dēfendar	dēfendēris, dēfendēre	dēfendētur	dēfendēmur	dēfendēminī	dēfendentur
	perfect	dēfēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēfēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēfēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfendam	dēfendās	dēfendat	dēfendāmus	dēfendātis	dēfendant
	imperfect	dēfenderem	dēfenderēs	dēfenderet	dēfenderēmus	dēfenderētis	dēfenderent
	perfect	dēfenderim	dēfenderīs	dēfenderit	dēfenderīmus	dēfenderītis	dēfenderint
	pluperfect	dēfendissem	dēfendissēs	dēfendisset	dēfendissēmus	dēfendissētis	dēfendissent
passive	present	dēfendar	dēfendāris, dēfendāre	dēfendātur	dēfendāmur	dēfendāminī	dēfendantur
	imperfect	dēfenderer	dēfenderēris, dēfenderēre	dēfenderētur	dēfenderēmur	dēfenderēminī	dēfenderentur
	perfect	dēfēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēfēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēfende	—	—	dēfendite	—
	future	—	dēfenditō	dēfenditō	—	dēfenditōte	dēfenduntō
passive	present	—	dēfendere	—	—	dēfendiminī	—
	future	—	dēfenditor	dēfenditor	—	—	dēfenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēfendere	dēfendisse	dēfēnsūrum esse	dēfendī	dēfēnsum esse	dēfēnsum īrī
participles		dēfendēns	—	dēfēnsūrus	—	dēfēnsus	dēfendendus, dēfendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēfendendī	dēfendendō	dēfendendum	dēfendendō	dēfēnsum	dēfēnsū

Derived terms

• dēfēnsa
• dēfēnsibilis
• dēfēnsiō
• dēfēnsitō
• dēfēnsō
• dēfēnsor
• dēfēnstrix

 

Related terms

• dēfēnsiō (“defence”)
• dēfēnsor (“defender”)
• offendō (“I strike”)

 

Descendants

• Catalan: defendre, defensar
• Dalmatian: defendar
• → English: defend
• → Esperanto: defendi
• French: défendre
• Italian: difendere
• Portuguese: defensar, defender
• Spanish: defender, defensar
• → Welsh: diffyn, amddiffyn

References

• “defendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to repel an injury: iniurias defendere, repellere, propulsare
    
  • to protect any one from wrong: ab iniuria aliquem defendere
    
  • to meet force by force: vi vim illatam defendere
    
  • to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • to take up the cause of the people, democratic principles: causam popularem suscipere or defendere
    
  • to conduct some one's defence in a case: causam alicuius defendere
    
  • to act on the defensive: bellum (inlatum) defendere
    

Portuguese

Verb

defendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of defender; "I defend"