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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēfectĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[deficio]].<br /><b>I</b> Defection, [[desertion]], [[rebellion]], [[revolt]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[rebellio]] facta [[post]] deditionem, [[defectio]] datis obsidibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 5, 26; 6, 3, 4; Liv. 7, 42; 23, 12: Ampsivariorum a [[tergo]], in the [[rear]] (of [[Caesar]]), Tac. A. 2, 8; 4, 24 et saep.: subita [[defectio]] [[Pompeii]], Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4 al.: imperii, from the [[empire]], Just. 41, 2, 1.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[intemperantia]], quae est a tota mente et a [[recta]] ratione [[defectio]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[deficio]], no. III.) A [[failing]], [[failure]], [[deficiency]], [[want]], [[disappearance]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Lit. (so [[most]] freq.): ista ipsa [[defectio]] virium adolescentiae vitiis efficitur saepius [[quam]] senectutis, Cic. de Sen. 9, 29: aquarum, Frontin. Aquaed. 91: pecuniae, Macr. Sat. 2, 5: rerum, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Esp. of the obscuration of the [[heavenly]] bodies, an [[eclipse]]: solis defectiones itemque lunae praedicuntur in multos annos, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17; 1, 49 fin.; id. N. D. 2, 61; id. Rep. 1, 14 fin.; Sen. Q. N. 1, 12; Quint. 1, 10, 47; Tac. A. 1, 28 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Also (sc. virium), [[exhaustion]], [[faintness]], swooning, fainting ([[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]), Plin. 23, praef. § 4: animae, a [[swoon]], Cels. 7, 33; Suet. Cal. 50: alvo [[usque]] ad defectionem soluta, id. Vesp. 24; cf. id. Tib. 73: recreandae defectioni cibum adferre, Tac. A. 6, 56 (50); cf.: defectione perire, by [[exhaustion]], i. e. by [[disease]], Sen. N. Q. 2, 59, 11: in cunctis renibus, Vulg. Nahum 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> In the [[later]] grammarians, an [[ellipsis]]: dicere aliquid per defectionem, by [[ellipsis]], elliptically, Gell. 5, 8, 3; 12, 14, 3; Macr. Sat. 6, 8 al.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[Quintus]] [[frater]] omnia mittit spei plena, [[metuens]] [[credo]] defectionem animi mei, my [[want]] of [[courage]], [[despondency]], Cic. Att. 3, 18.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēfectĭō</b>,⁹ ōnis, f. ([[deficio]]),<br /><b>1</b> défection, désertion d’un [[parti]] : Cic. Q. 1, 4, 4 &#124;&#124; défection après une soumission : Cæs. G. 3, 10 &#124;&#124; solis defectiones Cic. Div. 2, 17, éclipses de soleil<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> action de s’écarter de : a [[recta]] ratione Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, éloignement de la droite raison ; <b> b)</b> cessation, disparition, épuisement : animi Cic. Att. 3, 18, 2 ; [[virium]] Cic. CM 29, disparition du courage, des forces physiques ; <b> c)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faiblesse, défaillance : Tac. Ann. 6, 50 ; <b> d)</b> [gramm.] ellipse : Gell. 5, 8, 3.||défection après une soumission : Cæs. G. 3, 10||solis defectiones Cic. Div. 2, 17, éclipses de soleil<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> action de s’écarter de : a [[recta]] ratione Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, éloignement de la droite raison ; <b> b)</b> cessation, disparition, épuisement : animi Cic. Att. 3, 18, 2 ; [[virium]] Cic. CM 29, disparition du courage, des forces physiques ; <b> c)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faiblesse, défaillance : Tac. Ann. 6, 50 ; <b> d)</b> [gramm.] ellipse : Gell. 5, 8, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēfectio, ōnis, f. ([[deficio]]), I) der [[Abfall]], die Abtrünnigkeit, a) eig.: auctores defectionis, Liv.: [[initium]] belli ac defectionis, Caes.: def. Aeduorum, Caes.: sociorum, Cic. u. Sall. fr.: civitatum, [[totius]] Galliae, Caes. – def. Macedonici imperii, [[von]] der usw., Iustin. 41, 2, 1. – def. subita [[Pompeii]], Cic.: def. Aesculana et Fregellana, Äskulums u. Fregelläs, Aur. Vict. – def. a [[populo]] Romano, Cic.: ab Romanis, Liv.: ad Hannibalem, Liv.: ab Romanis ad Hannibalem, Liv. – Ampsivariorum [[defectio]] a [[tergo]], der in seinem [[Rücken]] ausgebrochene Abf. der Amps., Tac. ann. 2, 8. – abstinere a defectione, Liv.: maturare defectionem civitatis, Caes.: circumspectare defectionis [[tempus]], Liv.: desistere a defectione, Iustin.: [[esse]] in defectione totam Italiam, Liv.: facere defectionem, Liv.: moliri defectionem, Liv.: parare defectionem, Liv.: impellere ad defectionem, Liv.: sollicitare alqm od. animos ad defectionem, Liv.: tentare defectionem, Liv. – b) übtr., [[intemperantia]] est a tota mente (et a tota ratione) [[defectio]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 22. – II) das Auf-die-[[Neige]]-[[Gehen]], [[Abnehmen]], Ausgehen, Aufhören, Schwinden, Fehlen, a) übh.: [[defectio]] [[vocis]], Cael. Aur.: pecuniae, Macr.: aquarum, Frontin. aqu.: [[virium]], Cic.: corporis, [[Schwäche]], Cael. Aur.: animae, [[Ohnmacht]], Cels.: [[ebenso]] def. animi = [[Ohnmacht]], Sen. contr. 1, 4. § 7 (wo oculorum [[caligo]], animi def.). Cael. Aur. chron. 5, 10, 98; [[dagegen]] def. animi = [[Niedergeschlagenheit]], [[Mutlosigkeit]], Sen. nat. qu. 2, 59, 11: u. so animi mei, Cic. ad Att. 3, 18, 2. – Plur. defectiones (Abgehen, [[Mangel]]), Ggstz. superationes (Überwiegen, [[Übermaß]]), Vitr. 1, 4, 8. – b) das [[Abnehmen]] [[des]] Lichts, die Verfinsterung, Finsternis, def. solis, Cic., lunae, Quint., [[sideris]], Tac.: [[defectio]] (solis) perfecta, Sen.: defectiones solis et lunae [[multo]] [[ante]] praedicere, Cic.: defectiones solis itemque lunae in multos annos praedicere, Cic.: defectiones solis reputare, Cic. – c) prägn., das Schwinden od. [[Sinken]] der Kräfte, die [[Entkräftung]], Erschöpfung, [[Schwäche]], def. manifesta, Tac.: subita, Suet.: alvo [[usque]] ad defectionem solutā, Suet.: ad defectionem maximam venire, [[völlig]] [[entkräftet]] [[werden]], Hyg.: mulierum a conceptu [[defectio]], Plin. 23, 4. – [[senectus]] [[autem]] aetatis est [[peractio]] (Schlußakt) [[tamquam]] fabulae, [[cuius]] defectionem fugere debemus, in dem [[wir]] Erschöpfung (mattes u. ermüdendes Hinziehen) [[vermeiden]] [[müssen]], Cic. de sen. 85. – d) [[als]] gramm. t. t. = ελλειψις, die [[Ellipse]], dici per defectionem solere ([[elliptisch]]), Gell. 5, 8, 3 (u. [[daraus]] [[bei]] Macr. [[sat]]. 6, 8, 2); 12, 14, 3: [[als]] rhet. Fig., Auct. carm. de fig. 175.
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