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|lshtext=<b>pernĭcĭōsus</b>: a, um, adj. [[pernicies]],<br /><b>I</b> [[destructive]], [[ruinous]], [[baleful]], [[pernicious]] (syn.: [[exitialis]], [[capitalis]]): perniciosae leges, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: scripta auctori perniciosa suo, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 68.—Comp.: morbi animi perniciosiores sunt, [[quam]] corporis, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; Sall. J. 46, 8.—Sup.: perniciosissimum [[fore]], Nep. Ages. 6, 2; Inscr. Grut. 113, 2.—As subst.: pernĭcĭōsa, ōrum, n., [[baneful]] things: petuntur, Juv. 10, 54; cf.: [[inter]] perniciosissima numerare, Vell. 2, 7, 5.—Hence, adv.: pernĭcĭōsē, destructively, ruinously, [[perniciously]]: [[multa]] [[perniciose]], [[multa]] pestifere sciscuntur in populis, Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13: luxuriat [[vitis]], Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 178.—Comp., Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32.—Sup., Aug. Ep. 39.
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