peior

See also: pejor

Contents

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• pējor

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.jor/, [ˈpɛj.jɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.jor/

AdjectiveEdit

pēior (neuter pēius); third declension

1. worse

DeclensionEdit

Third declension, comparative variant

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	pēior	pēius		pēiōrēs	pēiōra
genitive	pēiōris			pēiōrum
dative	pēiōrī			pēiōribus
accusative	pēiōrem	pēius		pēiōrēs	pēiōra
ablative	pēiōre			pēiōribus
vocative	pēior	pēius		pēiōrēs	pēiōra

AntonymsEdit

• melior

Derived termsEdit

• pēiōrō

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: pitjor
• English: pejorative
• French: pire
• Friulian: piês
• Galician: peor
• Italian: peggiore, peggio
• Occitan: pièger

• Portuguese: pior
• Romansh: pêr, pês
• Sardinian: pejus, peus
• Sicilian: peggiu, peju
• Spanish: peor
• Venetian: pexo, pezo

See alsoEdit

• pessimus (superlative)

ReferencesEdit

• peior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

alternative forms

• paiour
• pegor
• pejur
• peor
• peur
• peour

• peiur
• peiour
• piour
• poiour
• peure
• pojor

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.

AdjectiveEdit

peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire)

1. worse; comparative degree of mal
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.

     Who are worse than Saracens.

2. worst; superlative degree of mal

DeclensionEdit

Declension of peior

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	pire, pyre, piere, peior	peiore	pis
	Oblique	peior	peiore	peior
Plural	Subject	peior	peiores	peior
	Oblique	peiors	peiores	peior

AntonymsEdit

• meillor (“best”)

DescendantsEdit

• French: pire (from nominative form)

ReferencesEdit

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (peior, includes information on declension)
• peior on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub