English → Latin
“pernicious” in Latin
perniciōsusdestructive, ruinous, baleful, perniciouspernĭcĭālisdestructiveexitiōsusdestructive, pernicious, deadlyexitiālisdestructive; fatal, deadlynoxiushurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.; guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.damnōsuscausing damage, injurious, destructive; prodigaldētrīmentōsushurtful, harmful; detrimentalnocīvushurtful, injurious, noxious
The English word pernicious itself goes back to Latin per, through perniciōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pernicious
perniciosus (Cic.); pernicialis (Liv., Plin.); exitiosus, exitialis; noxius (Cic.; noxiosus Sen.); damnosus; detrimentosus; nocivus (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pernicious?
- The usual Latin words for “pernicious” are perniciōsus, pernĭcĭālis, exitiōsus; also exitiālis, noxius, damnōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.