indefensus

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ dēfēnsus (“defended”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.deːˈfen.sus/, [ɪn̪d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.deˈfen.sus/, [in̪d̪eˈfɛnsus]

Adjective

indēfēnsus (feminine indēfēnsa, neuter indēfēnsum, adverb indēfēnsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. unprotected, undefended

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indēfēnsus	indēfēnsa	indēfēnsum		indēfēnsī	indēfēnsae	indēfēnsa
Genitive	indēfēnsī	indēfēnsae	indēfēnsī		indēfēnsōrum	indēfēnsārum	indēfēnsōrum
Dative	indēfēnsō		indēfēnsō		indēfēnsīs
Accusative	indēfēnsum	indēfēnsam	indēfēnsum		indēfēnsōs	indēfēnsās	indēfēnsa
Ablative	indēfēnsō	indēfēnsā	indēfēnsō		indēfēnsīs
Vocative	indēfēnse	indēfēnsa	indēfēnsum		indēfēnsī	indēfēnsae	indēfēnsa

References

• “indefensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indefensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers