defectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of dēficiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfɛk.tus]

Participle

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum); first/second-declension participle

1. grown weak or faint, weakened, having suffered or suffering some weakness
2. running short of, lacking, in want, in need

Declension

First/second-declension participle.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēfectus	dēfecta	dēfectum		dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfecta
genitive	dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfectī		dēfectōrum	dēfectārum	dēfectōrum
dative	dēfectō	dēfectae	dēfectō		dēfectīs
accusative	dēfectum	dēfectam	dēfectum		dēfectōs	dēfectās	dēfecta
ablative	dēfectō	dēfectā	dēfectō		dēfectīs
vocative	dēfecte	dēfecta	dēfectum		dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfecta

Adjective

dēfectus (feminine dēfecta, neuter dēfectum, comparative dēfectior, superlative dēfectissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. tired, worn out
2. faulty, defective (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēfectus	dēfecta	dēfectum		dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfecta
genitive	dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfectī		dēfectōrum	dēfectārum	dēfectōrum
dative	dēfectō	dēfectae	dēfectō		dēfectīs
accusative	dēfectum	dēfectam	dēfectum		dēfectōs	dēfectās	dēfecta
ablative	dēfectō	dēfectā	dēfectō		dēfectīs
vocative	dēfecte	dēfecta	dēfectum		dēfectī	dēfectae	dēfecta

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin de-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin facio

Latin dēficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin dēfectus

From dēficiō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfɛk.tus]

Noun

dēfectus m (genitive dēfectūs); fourth declension

1. failure
2. absence
3. weakness, failing, defect
4. defection, revolt

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfectus	dēfectūs
genitive	dēfectūs	dēfectuum
dative	dēfectuī	dēfectibus
accusative	dēfectum	dēfectūs
ablative	dēfectū	dēfectibus
vocative	dēfectus	dēfectūs

Descendants

• → Belarusian: дэфе́кт (defjékt)
• → Bulgarian: дефе́кт (defékt)
• → Catalan: defecte
• → Czech: defekt
• → Danish: defekt
• → Dutch: defect
  • Petjo: defèk
  • → Indonesian: défèk
• → English: defect
• → Estonian: defekt
• → German: Defekt
  • → Hebrew: דֵּפֶקְט (defékt)
  • → Hungarian: defekt
• → German: defekt
• → Italian: difetto (semi-learned)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: defekt
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: defekt
• → Old French: defaute (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Welsh: diffeith
  • Welsh: diffaith
• → Polish: defekt
• → Portuguese: defeito
• → Romanian: defect
• → Russian: дефе́кт (defékt)
  • → Ingrian: defekta
• → Serbo-Croatian: dèfekt / дѐфект
  • → Macedonian: дефект (defekt)
• → Slovak: defekt
• → Spanish: defecto
• → Swahili: defekt
• → Ukrainian: дефе́кт (defékt)

Related terms

• dēfector
• dēficiō
• dēfectīvus

References

• “defectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "defectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “defectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• defectus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011