peius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From peior.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpei̯.i̯us/, [ˈpɛi̯ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.jus/, [ˈpɛːjus]
- Note: the first syllable is heavy despite the short vowel thanks to the regularly double intervocalic /i̯/. It's often spelled with a macron in sources that use macrons to indicate heavy syllables rather than long vowels.
Adjective edit
peius
Adverb edit
peius
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: pejus
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References edit
- “peius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pejor, pejus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 472