Meaning of perniciēs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ruin, destruction
   declension-5
2. disaster, calamity
   declension-5
3. bane, pest
   declension-5
4. execution, death
   declension-5, figuratively
5. Equivalent to 'disaster': An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes...

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Examples

“Quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret se Haeduorum iniurias non neglecturum, neminem secum sine sua pernicie contendisse.”

As to Caesar’s threatening him that he would not overlook the wrongs of the Aedui, [he said] that no one had ever entered into a contest with him [Ariovistus] without utter ruin to himself.

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