defectus

Latin

Etymology

Noun use of defectus, the perfect participle of deficio.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension

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

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

Derived terms
  • dēfectibilis (Late Latin)

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

Adjective

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

  1. tired, worn out
  2. faulty, defective

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

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.
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