perniciosa

perniciosa is a Latin form of perniciosus, meaning “destructive, ruinous, dangerous”. It is the nominative singular feminine adjective.

Found 66 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.11.1: … complures dies castris palude et loci natura munitis se tenere neque oppugnari castra eorum sine dimicatione perniciosa nec locum munitionibus claudi nisi a maiore exercitu posse, litteras ad Trebonium mittit, ut quam celerrime p …

Seneca the Younger, De Ira 3.16.1: … dem nihil tam intolerabile nobis uidetur ut nos expellat e uita, iram, in quocumque erimus statu, remoueamus. Perniciosa est seruientibus; omnis enim indignatio in tormentum suum proficit et imperia grauiora sentit quo contumacius …

All forms of perniciosus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.