wanting Copy link Outline I. DefectiveII. To be w.1. dēsum2. absum3. dēfĭcio, ēci, ctum, 3 (to fail)4. dēfio, ĕri • wanting: I. Defective: vĭtiōsus, părum ĭdōneus: v. defective, faulty: w. in prudence, power, etc.: imprudens, impotens, etc. II. To be w.: 1. dēsum: of persons. that he might not be w. to the occasion, ne tempori deesset, Liv. 21, 27, ad fin.: of things: money was w., argentum deerat, Ter. 2, 1, 69: one to whom nothing is w., is cui nihil desit, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28. 2. absum: I was w. to (failed) Autronius, abfui Autronio, Cic. Planc. 5, 14: history is yet w. to our literature, abest historia litteris nostris, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5. 3. dēfĭcio, ēci, ctum, 3 (to fail): to be w. in the fight, pugnando deficere, Caes. B. C. 2, 6: to whom strength is w., quem vires deficiunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 50. 4. dēfio, ĕri: milk is not w. to me, lac mihi non defit, Virg. E. 2, 22. Phr.: to be found w., *improbari, probationi parum satisfacere, in trutina levior evadere: he is weighed in the balance and found w., appensus est in statera et inventus est deficiens, Vulg. Dan. v. 27. Wanting may also be expr. by the foll.: (1) ŏpus est: personally: we w. a leader, dux nobis opus est, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4: impers.: we w. your authority, o. e. nobis auctoritate tua, id. Fam. 9, 25, fin.: with part.: haste is w.'d, maturato o. e., Liv. 8, 13, ad fin.: with gen.: money was w.'d, argenti o. fuit, id. 23, 21. (2) ūsus est: my son w.s twenty minae, usus est filio viginti minis, Pl. Asin. 1, 1, 76. (3) nĕcesse est (of urgent w.): a thing which you by no means w.'d, quod tibi minime necesse fuit, Cic. Sull. 7, 22: v. necessary.