undefended Copy link Outline I. In gen., without protection1. nūdus2. ăpertus3. dēsertus4. indēfensus5. immūnītusII. In legal sense • undefended: I. In gen., without protection: 1. nūdus: you will present your side u., dabis nudum latus, Tib. 1, 4, 46: a city u., urbs nuda praesidio, Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1: u. by relatives, nudum a propinquis, id. Red. Quir. 6, 16. 2. ăpertus: Caes. B. G. 1, 25. 3. dēsertus: a fortress u. on that side, castellum desertum ab ea parte, Sall. Jug. 94. 4. indēfensus: Liv. 4, 28. 5. immūnītus: an u. road, via immunita, Cic. Caecin. 19, 54. II. In legal sense: indefensus: unheard and u., inauditus et ind., Tac. A. 2, 77. Phr.: to leave one's post u., praesidium relinquere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17: v. unprotected; to defend, to protect.
UNDEFENDED Copy link • UNDEFENDEDindefensus (both of a town [The words are found in this connection and order: desertus et indefensus, Liv.] and in a court of justice). Unheard and undefended, inauditus et indefensus (Tac.; not Cic. or Caes.).