perduellio

Latin

Etymology

From duellum, an older form of bellum (“war”) found in Plautus.

Noun

perduelliō f (genitive perduelliōnis); third declension

  1. treason
  2. public enemy

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative perduelliō perduelliōnēs
genitive perduelliōnis perduelliōnum
dative perduelliōnī perduelliōnibus
accusative perduelliōnem perduelliōnēs
ablative perduelliōne perduelliōnibus
vocative perduelliō perduelliōnēs

References

  • perduellio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perduellio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perduellio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to charge a person with treason (hostile conduct against the state generally): accusare aliquem perduellionis
  • perduellio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perduellio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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