perfidia

See also: perfídia

Italian

Noun

perfidia f (plural perfidie)

1. perfidy

Related terms

• perfido

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Latin

Etymology

From perfidus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈfi.di.a/, [pɛrˈfɪd̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈfi.di.a/, [perˈfiːd̪iä]

Noun

perfidia f (genitive perfidiae); first declension

1. faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perfidia	perfidiae
Genitive	perfidiae	perfidiārum
Dative	perfidiae	perfidiīs
Accusative	perfidiam	perfidiās
Ablative	perfidiā	perfidiīs
Vocative	perfidia	perfidiae

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: perfia
  • Portuguese: porfia
  • Galician: porfía
• → Portuguese: perfídia
• Spanish: porfía

References

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

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Spanish

Noun

perfidia f (plural perfidias)

1. perfidy

Related terms

• pérfido