peius

Latin

Alternative forms

• pejus

Etymology

From peior.

Pronunciation

• (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

peius

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of peior

Adverb

peius

1. comparative degree of male

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: peggio
    • → Sicilian: peggiu
  • Sicilian: peju
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pejus
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: piês
  • Ladin: piec
  • Romansch: pis, pês
  • Venetian: pexo, pezo
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pis (archaic)
  • French: pis
  • Occitan: pis

References

• “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