pestifer

pestĭfer and (rarely, Cels. 2, 6) pes-tĭfĕrus, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pestis-fero].

I.

Bringing pestilence, pestilential:

odor,

Liv. 25, 26, 11.—

II.

In gen., that brings destruction, destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous (class.):

res pestiferae et nocentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

accessus ad res salutares, a pestiferis recessus,

id. ib. 2, 12, 34:

acutus et pestifer morbus,

Cels. 4, 1, 1:

sudor,

id. 2, 6:

aquae,

Val. Fl. 4, 594:

ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 477:

fames,

id. ib. 8, 784:

fauces,

Verg. A. 7, 570:

aër,

Col. 10, 331:

bellum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

bella civilia,

id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

Antonii pestifer reditus,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

homo,

Vulg. Act. 24, 5:

pestiferum fulgur dicitur, quo mors exsiliumve significari solet,

Fest. p. 210 Müll.; cf.:

pestifera quae mortem aut exsilium ostendunt,

id. p. 245 ib.— Subst.: pestĭfer, ĕri, m., a mischievous person, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 35.— Adv.: pestĭfĕrĕ, balefully, pestiferously (rare but class.), Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; Hilar. Trin. 7, 3.