The corpus record — Latin

perniciosus

perniciosus · adj

destructive

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Distribution

Agesilaus 1 · 7.2/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 2 · 3.9/10k
De Ira 8 · 3.59/10k
In L. Catilinam 4 · 3.19/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 2 · 2.96/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 2 · 2.66/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 12 · 2.59/10k
Res Gestae 31 · 2.43/10k
Jugurtha 5 · 2.36/10k
De Republica 5 · 2.29/10k

Densest 12 of 67 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

pernĭcĭōsus — Lewis & Short

destructive

Attestations

perniciosa Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.4.7
perniciosos Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.10.14
perniciose Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.11.2
perniciosi Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.3.10
perniciosum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.3
perniciosa Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.38

6 of 245 attestations shown.

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