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perduellis

a public enemy

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 2 · 2.03/10k
Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
Res Gestae 12 · 0.94/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
De Officiis 2 · 0.59/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Ab urbe condita 5 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. per-dŭellis — Lewis & Short

per-dŭellis, is (

I gen. plur. perduellūm, Att. ap. Non. 22, 15, or Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.; abl. perdvellibus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 49 Müll., or p. 146 Vahl.), m. per-duellum, i. e. bellum, a public enemy, an enemy actually waging war against a country (mostly anteclass. for the class. hostis): quos nos hostes appellamus, eos veteres perduelles appellabant, per eam adjectionem indicantes, cum quibus bellum esset, Dig. 50, 16, 234: equidem illud etiam animadverto, quod qui proprio nomine perduellis esset, is hostis vocaretur, lenitate verbi tristitiam rei mitigante, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.: apud Ennium perduelles dicuntur hostes, Varr. L. L. 7, § 49 ib.: perduelles superati, S. C. ap. Liv. 45, 16, 7: pirata non est ex perduellium numero, sed communis hostis omnium, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107; Liv. 25, 12; 36, 2; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 94; id. Cist. 1, 3, 53; Amm. 26, 7 sq.; 29, 5.—

II Transf., a private enemy, an enemy, = inimicus (Plautin.), Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 15.— Perduellis seems never to mean traitor to one's country (cf. perduellio); in this sense parricida is used instead.

2. perduellis — Walde–Hofmann

perduellis, -is ,Feind" s. beilum I 100. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. perduellis, p. 1192]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. perduellis (scan p. 522; entry #8531).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. perduellis (scan p. 1192; entry #1990).

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