perishable Copy link Outline 1. expr. by circuml.2. frăgĭlis, e (frail, easily destroyed3. cădūcus (soon falling away, frail, fleeting • perishable: 1. expr. by circuml.: p. commodities, *quae cito corrumpuntur; *quae diutius incorrupta servari non possunt; *quae facile pereunt: v. to spoil, perish. 2. frăgĭlis, e (frail, easily destroyed: a word suited only for elevated style): an eternal soul animates the p. body, f. corpus animus sempiternus movet, Cic. Rep. 6, 24: p. nature, f. natura, Lucr. 1, 582. 3. cădūcus (soon falling away, frail, fleeting: like preced., suited only for elevated style): the p. and feeble body, corpus c. et infirmum, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98: Ov. Join: mortalis et caducus, id. Rep. 6, 17; incertus, caducus, mobilis, id. Ph. 4, 5, fin. See also frail, fleeting.