pernicies

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

perniciēs f (genitive perniciēī); fifth declension

1. ruin
2. disaster
3. bane, pest
4. (figurative) execution, death

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: 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^[1], 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