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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- dēfectusLatin · n4084
dēfectus adj. Source etymology: P. of deficio , weak, worn out, enfeebled : defecto poplite labens, O.: corpus, Ta.: amor, O.: annis, Ph.
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dēfectus ūs, m Source etymology: deficio , a falling away, desertion, revolt : Spartanorum, Cu. — A diminution, failure : aquarum, L. — An obscuration, eclipse : solis, V.—Plur: eius (lunae).
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