The corpus record — Latin

perfidiosus

perfidiosus · adj

faithless

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Where it lives

Pro P. Quinctio 2 · 2.31/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 1 · 2.1/10k
Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 1 · 1.72/10k
Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 1 · 0.75/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

perfĭdĭōsus — Lewis & Short

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.

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