perniciosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From perniciēs + -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛr.nɪ.kiˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [per.ni.t͡ʃiˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === perniciōsus (feminine perniciōsa, neuter perniciōsum, comparative perniciōsior, superlative perniciōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective destructive, ruinous, baleful, pernicious ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== perniciēs ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: perniciós English: pernicious French: pernicieux Galician: pernicioso Italian: pernicioso Sicilian: pirniciusu Spanish: pernicioso Portuguese: pernicioso === References === “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.