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|lshtext=<b>perfĭdus</b>: a, um, adj. per-[[fides]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] breaks his [[promise]], [[faithless]], false, [[dishonest]], [[treacherous]], [[perfidious]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].; syn. [[infidus]]): vanum et perfidiosum esse, Cic. Quint. 6, 26: omnes, aliud agentes, aliud simulantes, perfidi, improbi, malitiosi sunt, id. Off. 3, 14, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. ([[poet]].): [[gens]] perfida pacti, [[faithless]], Sil. 1, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things ([[poet]].): bella, Sil. 15, 819: nex, effected by [[treachery]], Sen. Agam. 887: [[arma]], Ov. F. 4, 380: verba, id. R. Am. 722.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Adverb.: perfidum ridens [[Venus]] (= [[maligne]] ac [[dolose]]), Hor. C. 3, 27, 67.—As subst.: perfĭdus, i, m., a [[scoundrel]], Juv. 13, 245; 9, 82.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[treacherous]], [[unsafe]], [[dangerous]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]]): freta, Sen. Med. 302: saxa, id. Agam. 570: perfidum glacie [[flumen]], Flor. 3, 4, 5: perfida et lubrica via, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49: [[vappa]], [[wretched]] [[wine]] [[that]] has a [[good]] [[appearance]], Mart. 12, 48, 14.—Sup.: [[homo]], [[quoad]] vixerat, perfidissimus, Amm. 16, 12, 25.—Adv.: perfĭ-dē, [[faithlessly]], perfidiously, [[treacherously]] ([[post]]-Aug.): [[perfide]] recuperans, Sen. Contr. 4, 26: rumpere [[pactum]], Gell. 20, 1, 54: agere, Dig. 26, 7, 55: [[quod]] [[perfide]] gestum est, ib. 44, 4, 4, § 13.