defendendam

defendendam is a Latin form of defendo, meaning “defend, ward off”. It is the gerundive accusative singular feminine.

Found 45 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.52.4: Nam C. Curio, tribunus plebis, cum Caesaris causam dignitatemque defendendam suscepisset, saepe erat senatui pollicitus, si quem timor armorum Caesaris laederet, et quoniam Pompei domina …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.28: … et illa iure laudantur: Égo cum genui, túm morituros scívi et ei rei sústuli. Praéterea ad Troiám cum misi ob défendendam Graéciam, Scíbam me in mortíferum bellum, nón in epulas míttere.

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.