perfidens

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“very”) +‎ fīdēns (“trusting, relying on”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

perfīdēns (genitive perfīdentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. (post-classical) trusting greatly, confiding strongly
    • 358 CE – 360 CE, Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus 17, (alternatively read as pervigens or perurgens):
      pugnandi arte perfidens
      trusting greatly in the art of fighting

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative perfīdēns perfīdentēs perfīdentia
genitive perfīdentis perfīdentium
dative perfīdentī perfīdentibus
accusative perfīdentem perfīdēns perfīdentēs perfīdentia
ablative perfīdentī perfīdentibus
vocative perfīdēns perfīdentēs perfīdentia

References

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