Meaning of dēfectiō | Babel Free

Definitions

1. defection, desertion
   declension-3
2. rebellion, revolt (of a city)
   declension-3
3. failing, failure, deficiency, want, disappearance, decline
   declension-3
4. eclipse
   declension-3
5. ellipsis
   declension-3
6. a fainting spell, failure of energy or stamina
   declension-3

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Examples

“Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.”

This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.

“Quam dēlectābat eum dēfectiōnēs sōlis et lūnae multō ante nōbīs praedīcere!”

How much it delighted him to predict for us the eclipses of the sun and the moon long before [they occurred]! (See: Gaius Sulpicius Gallus.)

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