defeat (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Military1. clādes (a great defeat)2. adversa pugna or adversum proelium3. fŭga (a flight, rout)4. Often better expr. by a verbII. Non-military1. rĕpulsa (only of candidates)2. (Of the defeat of a measure) • defeat (subs.): I. Military: 1. clādes (a great defeat): Cic.: Liv.: v. disaster. 2. adversa pugna or adversum proelium: Liv.: Caes. (The latter author has in similar sense the euphemisms, detrimentum, incommodum.) 3. fŭga (a flight, rout): to inflict (on the enemy) a tremendous d., ingentem fugam dare, Liv.: also facere, id.: but fuga should be used only in referring to an actual battle of which it forms a feature. 4. Often better expr. by a verb: as, the Locri had inflicted a severe d. on the Crotoniates, Crotoniatas Locri maximo proelio devicerant, Nep.: to suffer a d., acie fundi, Front.: v. to conquer, rout. Phr.: not by d.s but by victories, non offensionibus belli sed victoriis, Cic.: (we) have suffered a d., male pugnatum est, Liv. II. Non-military: as, in a candidateship, or a measure proposed: 1. rĕpulsa (only of candidates): ignominious d., sordida r., Hor.: a d. in suing for the edileship, r. aedilicia, Cic.: to sustain a d., r. ferre (a populo), Cic.; also referre (in slightly different sense), id. Off., 1, 39, 138. 2. (Of the defeat of a measure): expr. by part. of v. antīquo: as, by the d. of this measure, *hac lege antiquata: no greater calamity could happen than the d. of this measure, *nullum majus incommodum accipi posset quam ut haec lex antiquaretur: v. defeat (v.).