defessus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of dēfetīscor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfɛs.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈfɛs.sus]

Adjective

dēfessus (feminine dēfessa, neuter dēfessum, comparative defessior, superlative defessissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. exhausted, tired, fainted

   Synonyms: fessus, frāctus, cōnfectus, languidus

   Antonym: vīvus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēfessus	dēfessa	dēfessum		dēfessī	dēfessae	dēfessa
genitive	dēfessī	dēfessae	dēfessī		dēfessōrum	dēfessārum	dēfessōrum
dative	dēfessō	dēfessae	dēfessō		dēfessīs
accusative	dēfessum	dēfessam	dēfessum		dēfessōs	dēfessās	dēfessa
ablative	dēfessō	dēfessā	dēfessō		dēfessīs
vocative	dēfesse	dēfessa	dēfessum		dēfessī	dēfessae	dēfessa

Derived terms

• indēfessus

References

• “defessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.