pernicies

pernicies

Latin

Etymology

From pernecō (“kill, slay outright”) +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈni.ki.eːs/, [pɛrˈnɪkieːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈni.t͡ʃi.es/, [perˈniːt͡ʃies]

Noun

perniciēs f (genitive perniciēī); fifth declension

1. ruin, destruction

   Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, pestis, ruīna, excidiō, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perditiō, exitium

2. disaster, calamity

   Synonyms: dētrīmentum, incommodum, clādēs, incommoditās, calamitās, cāsus, vulnus, exitium

3. bane, pest
4. (figuratively) execution, death

   Synonyms: occīsiō, mors, fūnus, fātum, exitus, somnus, fīnis, sopor, caedēs

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perniciēs	perniciēs
Genitive	perniciēī	perniciērum
Dative	perniciēī	perniciēbus
Accusative	perniciem	perniciēs
Ablative	perniciē	perniciēbus
Vocative	perniciēs	perniciēs

Derived terms

• perniciābilis
• perniciālis
• perniciōsē
• perniciōsus

 

Related terms

• perniciō

Descendants

• → Italian: pernizie (semi-learned), → pernicie (learned)
• → Romanian: pernicie

References

• “pernicies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pernicies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pernicies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be ruined, undone: in perniciem incurrere
    
  • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare