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perdīcālis, e, adj. [perdix], of or belonging to partridges, partridge- (postclass.): herba, App. Herb. 81.

Perdiccas and Perdicca, ae, m., = Περδίκκας.

  1. I. Perdiccas, a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, Curt. 3, 9, 7; 4, 3, 1; 7, 6, 19; Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34; Just. 13, 2, 5; 13, 6, 6; Nep. Eum. 3, 5.
  2. II. The name of three kings of Macedonia, esp. Perdiccas III., Just. 7, 4, 5; 7, 5, 6.

† perdīcĭum, ĭi, n., = περδίκιον.

  1. I. Pellitory: helxinen vocant, Plin. 22, 17, 19, § 41.
  2. II. The plant parthenium, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176.

per-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say out, to finish saying (post-class.), Alcim. 5, 607; cf.: dicit, perdicit, perdixit, Not. Tir. p. 10.

per-diffĭcĭlis, e, adj., very difficult (class.), Cic. Part. 24, 84: quaestio, id. N. D. 1, 1, 1: navigatio, id. Att. 3, 8, 2.
Sup.: perdifficillimus aditus, exceedingly difficult, Liv. 40, 21.
Adv.: perdiffĭcĭlĭter, with great difficulty, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47.

perdiffĭcĭlĭter, adv., v. perdifficilis fin.

per-dignus, a, um, adj., very worthy; with abl.: homo perdignus tuā amicitiā, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 4.

per-dīlĭgens, entis, adj., very diligent: homo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 6.
Adv.: perdīlĭgenter, very diligently, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1: complecti aliquid, id. Brut. 3, 14.

per-disco, dĭdĭci, 3, v. a., to learn thoroughly or completely, to get by heart (rare but class.): omnia jura belli, Cic. Balb. 20, 47: locus de moribus est oratori perdiscendus, id. de Or. 1, 15, 69: hominis speciem pingere, id. ib. 2, 16, 69: ad perdiscendum, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 1; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 147; id. Fam. 7, 14, 2 al.; Tib. 1, 10 (9), 65.
With object-clause: perdidici, isthaec esse vera, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 35.

per-dĭsertus, a, um, adj., very eloquent (late Lat. and rare), Gram. Vat. Praep. 5 (Class. Auct. vol. 5 Mai).
Hence, per-dĭsertē, adv., very eloquently, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62.

perdĭtē, adv., v. perdo, P. a. fin.

* perdĭtim, adv. [perditus], desperately, to desperation: aliquam amare, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 191 P. (Com. Rel. v. 354 Rib.).

perdĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [perdo], ruin, perdition (post-class.): perditionis iter, Alcim. 4, 138; Lact. 2, 14, 11; 4, 18, 32; Vulg. Matt. 7, 13 et saep.; cf. perditio, ἀπώλεια, Gloss. Philox.

perdĭtor, ōris, m. [perdo], a ruiner, destroyer (rare but class.): perditor rei publi cae, Cic. Planc. 36, 89; id. Vatin. 3, 7: vexa tor et perditor, id. Pis. 34, 84: afflictor et perditor ordinis, id. ib. 27, 64: hominum, Lact. 2, 14, 8.

perdĭtrix, īcis, f. [perditor], she that ruins or destroys (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13; Hier. Ep. 123, n. 8.

perdĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from perdo.

per-dĭu, adv., for a great while, very long (rare but class.), Varr. R. R. 1, 58: perdiu nihil eram auditurus, Cic. Att. 3, 22, 4; id. de Or. 1, 2, 8.

per-dĭus, a, um, adj. [dies], all day long, the livelong day (post-class.): stare solitus Socrates dicitur, pertinaci statu perdius atque pernox, Gell. 2, 1, 1; App. M. 5, p. 161, 11; 9, p. 219, 23.

per-dĭŭturnus, a, um, adj., that lasts a very long time, very lingering or protracted (rare but class.), Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 85 (but Cic. Sest. 27, 58 Halm and B. and K. read diuturnum).

per-dīvĕs, ĭtis, adj., very rich, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: mulier perdives et nobilis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59.

per-dīvīsus, a, um, adj., wholly parted from, quite apart from: marito, Petr. Chrys. Serm, 164.

† 1. perdix, īcis, comm., = πέρδιξ, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18: picta, Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.

2. Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Dœdalus, Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274.

per-do, dĭdi, ditum, 3 (old form of the pres. subj. perduim, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6: perduis, id. Am. 2, 2, 215; id. Capt. 3, 5, 70: perduit, id. Ep. 1, 1, 64; id. Poen. 3, 4, 29; but esp. freq., perduint, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Aul. 4, 10, 55; id. Curc. 5, 3, 41; id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Most. 3, 1, 138; id. Men. 2, 2, 34; 3, 1, 6; 5, 5, 31; id. Merc. 4, 3, 11; 4, 4, 53; id. Poen. 3, 2, 33; 4, 2, 41; id. Stich. 4, 2, 15; id. Truc. 2, 3, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 7; id. Hec. 3, 4, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 73; Cic. Deiot. 7, 21; id. Att. 15, 4, 3.
As the pass. of perdo, only pereo, perditus, perire appear to be in good use.
The only classical example of a pass. form in the pres. is: perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (K. and H. ad loc.), where Lachm., perh. needlessly, reads lux porgitur, the day seems too long for me.
In the pass. perdi, in late Lat.; v. infra), v. a., to make away with; to destroy, ruin; to squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, lose, etc. (class.; syn.: dissipo, perimo, deleo).

  1. I. Lit.: aliquem perditum ire, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5: Juppiter fruges perdidit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131: funditus civitatem, id. Att. 6, 1, 5: se ipsum penitus, id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: perdere et affligere cives, id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33: perdere et pessundare aliquem, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 3: aliquem capitis, i. e. to charge with a capital offence, id. As. 1, 2, 6; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 86: sumat, consumat, perdat, squander, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; so, perde et peri, Plaut. Truc. 5, 59: perdere et profundere, to waste, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3: perdere tempus, id. de Or. 3, 36, 146: operam, id. Mur. 10, 23; cf.: oleum et operam, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3: Decius amisit vitam: at non perdidit, Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57: cur perdis adulescentem nobis? cur amat? Cur potat? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36.
    In execrations (very common): di (deaeque omnes) te perduint, may the gods destroy you! See the passages with perduint cited init.
    Pass.     (late Lat.): verbis perderis ipse tuis, Prosp. Epigr.: impii de terrā perdentur, Vulg. Prov. 2, 22: quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, id. Job, 20, 7.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., to lose utterly or irrecoverably: eos (liberos), Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 3: omnes fructus industriae et fortunae, id. ib. 4, 6, 2: litem, to lose one’s cause, id. de Or. 1, 36, 167: libertatem, id. Rab. Post. 9, 24: dextram manum, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104: memoriam, Cic. Sen. 7, 21: causam, id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11: spem, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 3: vitam, Mart. Spect. 13, 2: perii hercle! nomen perdidi, i. e. I have quite forgotten the name, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 39.
    Pass. (late Lat.): si principis vita perditur, Amm. 14, 5, 4; Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (v. supra).
    Of loss at play: ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lusor, Ov. A. A. 1, 451; Juv. 1, 93.
    Hence, perdĭtus, a, um, P. a., lost, i. e.,
    1. A. Hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery (class.; syn. profligatus): perditus sum, i. q. perii, I am lost! Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; id. Rud. 5, 1, 3: per fortunas vide, ne puerum perditum perdamus, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5: perditus aere alieno, id. Phil. 2, 32, 78: lacrimis ac maerore perditus, id. Mur. 40, 86: tu omnium mortalium perditissime, id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 64: rebus omnibus perditis, id. Caecin. 31, 90: senatoria judicia, id. Verr. 1, 3, 8: valetudo, id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29.
      1. 2. In partic., desperately in love; lost, ruined by love (poet.): amore haec perdita est, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 13: in puellā, Prop. 1, 13, 7: amor, Cat. 89, 2.
    2. B. Lost in a moral sense, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible: adulescens perditus ac dissolutus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55: homo contaminatus, perditus, flagitiosus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134: abjecti homines et perditi, id. Mil. 18, 47; id. Cat. 1, 6, 9: homo perditā nequitiā, id. Clu. 13, 36: perdita atque dissoluta consilia, id. Agr. 2, 20, 55: luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae, Suet. Calig. 25: nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 42, 13.
      Hence, sup.: omnium mortalium perditissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65; Just. 21, 5, 5.
      Adv.: perdĭtē.
      1. 1. In an abandoned manner, incorrigibly: se gerere, Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.
      2. 2. Desperately, excessively: amare, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 32: conari, Quint. 2, 12, 5.