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1 defectus
1.dēfectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from deficio.2.dēfectus, ūs, m. [deficio].I.(For defectio, no. I.) Defection, revolt:II.magno animo defectum eorum tulit,
Curt. 7, 19, 39 Mützell.:legionum,
Capitol. Macr. 8.—( = defectio, no. III.) A failing, failure, lack, disappearance (freq. in the elder Pliny;elsewhere rare): lactis (mammae),
Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:stomachi,
weakness, id. 19, 5, 29, § 92:animi,
a swoon, id. 20, 2, 6, § 12:albicante purpurae defectu,
fading away into white, id. 37, 9, 40, § 123:in tanto defectu rerum,
freedom from occupation, Amm. 16, 5, 5. Of the eclipsing of the heavenly bodies:solis,
Lucr. 5, 751; imitated by Verg. G. 2, 478:ejus (sc. lunae) species ac forma mutatur tum crescendo, tum defectibus in initia recurrendo,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19 fin.
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