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perfĭdus , a, um, adj. per-fides,
I.that breaks his promise, faithless, false, dishonest, treacherous, perfidious.
I. 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.—
(β). With gen. (poet.): “gens perfida pacti,faithless, Sil. 1, 5.—
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.—
c. Adverb.: perfidum ridens Venus (= maligne ac dolose), Hor. C. 3, 27, 67.—As subst.: perfĭdus , i, m., a scoundrel, Juv. 13, 245; 9, 82.—
II. 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- , 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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 570
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 887
    • Seneca, Medea, 302
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.14
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 20.1.54
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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