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

exhausted, tired, fainted
Synonyms: fessus, frāctus, cōnfectus, languidus

Antonym: vīvus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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.