defendendum

defendendum is a Latin form of defendo, meaning “defend, ward off”. It is the gerundive genitive plural neuter or gerundive genitive plural masculine or gerundive accusative singular masculine or gerundive nominative singular neuter.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.81.6: At Marcus Antonius et Gaius Trebonius legati, quibus hae partes ad defendendum obvenerant, qua ex parte nostros premi intellexerant, his auxilio ex ulterioribus castellis deductos summittebant.

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.