perduellis

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ duellum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.duˈel.lis/, [pɛrd̪uˈɛlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.duˈel.lis/, [perd̪uˈɛlːis]

Noun

perduellis m (genitive perduellis); third declension

1. public enemy
   • Fourth quarter of the 1st century BCE, Livy, The History of Rome. With An English Translation, Alfred C. Schlesinger (ed.), book 45, 16.7, Harvard University Press (publ. 1951).

     item, quod ad honorem deum immortalium pertineret, decrevit senatus ut quoniam perduelles superati Perseus et Gentius reges cum Macedonia atque Illyrico in potestate populi Romani essent, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. enemy (in time of war)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	perduellis	perduellēs
genitive	perduellis	perduellium
dative	perduellī	perduellibus
accusative	perduellem	perduellēs perduellīs
ablative	perduelle	perduellibus
vocative	perduellis	perduellēs

References

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