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perfĭdĭōsus , a, um, adj. perfidia,
I.faithless, dishonest, treacherous, false, perfidious (class.).
I. Of persons: “fallax, perfidiosus,” Cic. Pis. 27, 66: “perfidiosus et subdolus animo,” Tac. A. 16, 32.—Sup.: “omnium perfidiosissimus,” Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80.—
II. Of inanim. and abstr. things: “amor,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73: “nihil perfidiosum et insidiosum et fallax in amicitiā,” Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16.—Adv.: per-fĭdĭōsē , faithlessly, dishonestly, treacherously, perfidiously (rare but class.): “hercle istam rem judicasti perfidiose,” Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 41: “multa perfidiose facta,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118: “perfidiose, crudeliter factum,” Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8.—Comp.: “perfidiosius rebellantes,” Suet. Aug. 21.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.10.7
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 6.16
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 40.118
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 27.66
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Curculio, 5.3
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 21
    • Tacitus, Annales, 16.32
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.32
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