DEFENSIONE, defensione
Sounds Like: deh-FEN-see-oh-neh
Translations: by defense, with defense, for defense, to defense, a defense, defense, protection, justification
From the root: DEFENSIO
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun referring to the act of defending, protecting, or justifying something or someone. It is used to indicate the means or purpose of an action related to defense.
Inflection: Singular, Ablative or Dative
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DEFENSIO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- DEFENSIO — defense, a defense, protection, a protection, a vindication, vindication, an apology, apology
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