pernicies

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

perniciēs (not-tiēs), acc.em (gen.once iī, C.; dat.once iē, L., once iī, N.), f

per+1 NEC-, destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, disaster, calamity, mischief : instructa ad perniciem, T.: senatoribus perniciem machinari, S.: opibus ad perniciem suam uti, Cs.: populiR.: in apertam perniciem incurrere: in nepotum Perniciem, H.: cuius (aestatis) insanabilis, L.— A pest, bane, curse : leno, pernicies adulescentium, T.: provinciae Siciliae, i. e. Verres : Pernicies barathumque macelli, H.

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