defensus

defensus

1. conditional of defensar

Perfect passive participle of dēfendō (“drive away; defend”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfen.sus/, [d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfen.sus/, [d̪eˈfɛnsus]

dēfēnsus (feminine dēfēnsa, neuter dēfēnsum, comparative dēfēnsior); first/second-declension participle

1. driven away, having been driven away
2. defended, having been defended, guarded, having been guarded, protected, having been protected

   Synonyms: munitus, tutus, firmātus

   Antonyms: inermis, nudus, intutus, infestus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.43–44:

     hīs bene Maiestas armīs dēfēnsa deōrum
     restat et ex illō tempore culta manet

     Majesty endures – having been defended well by these weapons of the gods – and she has remained honored ever since that time.

First/second-declension adjective.

• indēfēnsus