defect (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. vĭtium2. menda, mendum3. Expr. with verb • defect (subs.): 1. vĭtium: v. flaw, fault. 2. menda, mendum: v. blemish. 3. Expr. with verb: as, there is some defect (deficiency), nonnihil deest, deficit: v. deficient, deficiency. Phr.: natural d.s, quaedam contra naturam depravata, Cic.: (Lucilius) had this d., fuit hoc vitiosus, Hor.: in sim. sense mendōsus: v. defective: without any d.s, emendātus: v. faultless.