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defendenda

defendenda is a Latin form of defendo, meaning “defend, ward off”. It is the gerundive nominative plural neuter or gerundive vocative plural neuter or gerundive accusative plural neuter or gerundive ablative singular feminine.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.82: … iis elaboret profecto volet haec non solum suis posteris verum etiam omnibus viris fortibus et bonis civibus defendenda, non spolianda improbis tradere. non vereor ne tibi, Q. Catule, displiceat, cuius amplissimum orbi terrarum c …

All forms of defendo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.