failure Copy link Outline I. Of supply1. dēfectio2. dēfectus, ūsII. Disappointment, want of success • failure: I. Of supply: 1. dēfectio: f. of strength, virium d., Cic.: f. of breath; i. e. a swoon, animae d., Cels. 2. dēfectus, ūs: f. of milk, lactis defectus, Plin. Phr.: there had been a partial f. of corn, angustius provenerat frumentum, Caes. B. G. 5, 24. II. Disappointment, want of success: may often be expressed by means of a verb or participle: as, after the f. of their hopes, they returned home, spe destituti domos abeunt, Curt.: I am grieved at your f., *doleo quod tibi res tam male cessit.
FAILURE Copy link • FAILUREWith reference to insufficient supply, diminished intensity, etc., defectio (e.g., virium, Cic.): defectus (e.g., lactis; in this sense nearly confined to the elder Plin.): inopia (want; alicujus rei), or by circumlocution with deficere, deesse, etc. [Vid: To FAIL]; e.g., unless from a failure of memory, nisi memoria forte defecerit. A failure of the crops, sterilitas frugum or annonae: there was a failure of the crops, male percepti sunt fructus: the long-continued drought had occasioned a partial failure of the crops, frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat (Caes.): that year was remarkable for the want of rain and consequent failure of the crops, siceitate et inopia frugum insignis annus fult (Liv.). With reference to the non-fulfilment of what was expected, etc.: (1) successus nullus (the want of success); or by circumlocution with ad irritum cadere, redigi: the attempt was a failure, male gessit rem: *res alicui parum prospere processit, successit or cessit (the two last Nep.): the attempt seems at present a failure, quod agit aliquis, parum procedit (Terentianus): (2) With reference to promises, etc.; by circumlocution with the verbs denoting “to perform a PROMISE :” upon the failure of anybody’s promises, si quis falso promiserit (†), or promissum non fecerit, effecerit, praestiterit, etc. Of fountains, etc., by circumlocution; the failure of the springs, *siccati fontes. Bankruptcy, Vid.