perduellio

Latin

Etymology

From duellum, an older form of bellum (“war”) found in Plautus.

Noun

perduelliō f (genitive perduelliōnis); third declension

  1. treason
  2. public enemy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perduelliō perduelliōnēs
Genitive perduelliōnis perduelliōnum
Dative perduelliōnī perduelliōnibus
Accusative perduelliōnem perduelliōnēs
Ablative perduelliōne perduelliōnibus
Vocative perduelliō perduelliōnēs

References
  • “perduellio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perduellio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perduellio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to charge a person with treason (hostile conduct against the state generally): accusare aliquem perduellionis
  • “perduellio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “perduellio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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