deficiunt

deficiunt is a Latin form of deficio, meaning “fail, run out; fall short, be lacking; revolt from, desert”. It is the 3rd person plural present active indicative.

Found 41 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.50.6: Conantibus auxiliari suis "Frustra," inquit, "meae vitae subvenire conamini, quem iam sanguis viresque deficiunt. Proinde abite, dum est facultas, vosque ad legionem recipite." Ita pugnans post paulum concidit ac suis saluti fuit.

Ovid, Amores 3.7.32: Deficiunt laesi carmine fontis aquae,

Propertius, Elegiae 2.28b.1: DEFICIVNT magico torti sub carmine rhombi,

All forms of deficio (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.