LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

dēfēnsor

dēfēnsor m (genitive dēfēnsōris, feminine dēfēnstrīx or dēfēnsātrīx)
Classical[deːˈfẽː.sɔr]Ecclesiastical[deˈfɛn.sor]

Meaning

  1. one who defends

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēfēnsordēfēnsōrēs
dēfēnstrīcēs
genitivedēfēnsōris
dēfēnstrīcis		dēfēnsōrum
dēfēnstrīcum
dativedēfēnsōrī
dēfēnstrīcī		dēfēnsōribus
dēfēnstrīcibus
accusativedēfēnsōrem
dēfēnstrīcem		dēfēnsōrēs
dēfēnstrīcēs
ablativedēfēnsōre
dēfēnstrīce		dēfēnsōribus
dēfēnstrīcibus
vocativedēfēnsordēfēnsōrēs
dēfēnstrīcēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

murum nudare defensoribus
to drive the defenders from the walls.

dēfensor, ōris, m., rar. f. id..
I. One who fends, wards, averts, or keeps off: necis, Cic. Mil. 22, 58: periculi, id. Mur. 2.—
II. A defender, protector.
1. In gen. (for syn. cf.: tutor, praeses, vindex, cognitor, curator, patronus, advocatus, causidicus): paterni juris, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244; cf. id. Mil. 15: juris et libertatis, id. Rab. perd. 4, 12: octo tribuni plebis, illius adversarii, defensores mei, id. Mil. 15; cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 30; opp. petitor, Quint. 4, 2, 132: bonus, id. 5, 13, 3 et saep.; opp. accusator, id. 7, 2, 31; 5, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 et saep.; cf. patronus. Once fem.: mulier defensor alicujus, Dig. 16, 1, 2 fin.: canes defensores, Varr. R. R. 2, 9.—
2. Esp. in plur., defensores, the garrison: oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus, Caes. B. G. 2, 12; id. ib. 3, 25 et saep.; Sall. J. 23; Liv. 21, 11; Verg. A. 2, 521; Ov. M. 13, 274 et saep.—
3. Defensor civitatis, or plebis, or loci, in the later period of the empire (since 365 A.D.), title of a magistrate in the provincial cities, whose chief duty was to afford protection against oppression on the part of the governor; he was likewise endowed with a subordinate civil jurisdiction, Cod. Theod. 1, 11; Cod. Just. 1, 55; Just. Inst. 1, 20, 5.—*
B. Of inanimate subjects, as the guards (sublicae) of a bridge, Caes. B. G. 4, 17 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēfēnsor

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰeti Proto-Italic *xʷendō Proto-Italic *fendō Latin *fendō Latin dēfendō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin dēfēnsor From dēfendō (“to defend”) + -tor.

Descendants
  • Catalandefensor
  • Englishdefensor
  • Frenchdéfenseur
  • Italiandifensore
  • Portuguesedefensor
  • Spanishdefensor
  • Galiciandefensor

Quick answers

What does dēfēnsor mean in Latin?
dēfēnsor, a noun, means “one who defends”.
What is the genitive of dēfēnsor?
The genitive singular is dēfēnsōris. dēfēnsor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēfēnsor?
In classical Latin, [deːˈfẽː.sɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈfɛn.sor].
Where does dēfēnsor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēfēnsor.