Latin edit

Etymology edit

From perniciēs +‎ -ōsus.

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Adjective edit

perniciōsus (feminine perniciōsa, neuter perniciōsum, comparative perniciōsior, superlative perniciōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. destructive, ruinous, baleful, pernicious

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative perniciōsus perniciōsa perniciōsum perniciōsī perniciōsae perniciōsa
Genitive perniciōsī perniciōsae perniciōsī perniciōsōrum perniciōsārum perniciōsōrum
Dative perniciōsō perniciōsō perniciōsīs
Accusative perniciōsum perniciōsam perniciōsum perniciōsōs perniciōsās perniciōsa
Ablative perniciōsō perniciōsā perniciōsō perniciōsīs
Vocative perniciōse perniciōsa perniciōsum perniciōsī perniciōsae perniciōsa

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References edit

  • perniciosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perniciosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perniciosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.