perfidelis
Latin
Etymology
From per- + fidēs (“faith, trust”) + -ēlis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛr.fɪˈdeː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [per.fiˈd̪ɛː.lis]
Adjective
perfidēlis (neuter perfidēle, comparative perfidēlior, superlative perfidēlissimus, adverb perfidēliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- very faithful, very loyal
- very true, very trustworthy, very dependable, very trusty
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 2.19.5:
- posthac ad te aut, si perfidelem habebo cui dem, scribam plane omnia
- In future letters I shall either put everything down in plain terms, if I get hold of a very trustworthy messenger
- posthac ad te aut, si perfidelem habebo cui dem, scribam plane omnia
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | perfidēlis | perfidēle | perfidēlēs | perfidēlia | |
| genitive | perfidēlis | perfidēlium | |||
| dative | perfidēlī | perfidēlibus | |||
| accusative | perfidēlem | perfidēle | perfidēlēs perfidēlīs |
perfidēlia | |
| ablative | perfidēlī | perfidēlibus | |||
| vocative | perfidēlis | perfidēle | perfidēlēs | perfidēlia | |
Related terms
References
- “perfidelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfidelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “perfidelis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.