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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”); compare pessimus (“worst”). Michiel de Vaan notes that a similar phonetic change *[dj]/[jd] > *[j] can be observed in the etymology of caelum (“chisel”) and caia (“cudgel”) from Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lo- and *kaidjā- respectively.
Doublet of pēs (“foot”) and pessum (“to the bottom; to destruction”). See cognates at pēs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
peior (neuter peius); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third declension, comparative variant
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | peior | peius | peiōrēs | peiōra | |
Genitive | peiōris | peiōrum | |||
Dative | peiōrī | peiōribus | |||
Accusative | peiōrem | peius | peiōrēs | peiōra | |
Ablative | peiōre | peiōribus | |||
Vocative | peior | peius | peiōrēs | peiōra |
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- pessimus (superlative)
References[edit]
- peior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “peiior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 455
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pessum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 463
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caedō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 79–80
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.
Adjective[edit]
peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire)
- 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.
- worst; superlative degree of mal
Declension[edit]
Declension of peior
Antonyms[edit]
- meillor (“best”)
Descendants[edit]
- French: pire (from nominative form)
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (peior, includes information on declension)
- peior on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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