pestiferus

pestiferus
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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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