periurus

Latin

Alternative forms

• perjūrus

Etymology

From per iūs + -us. Compare perfidus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈi̯uː.rus/, [pɛrˈi̯uːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈju.rus/, [perˈjuːrus]

Adjective

periūrus (feminine periūra, neuter periūrum, superlative periūrissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. perjured
2. false, lying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	periūrus	periūra	periūrum		periūrī	periūrae	periūra
Genitive	periūrī	periūrae	periūrī		periūrōrum	periūrārum	periūrōrum
Dative	periūrō		periūrō		periūrīs
Accusative	periūrum	periūram	periūrum		periūrōs	periūrās	periūra
Ablative	periūrō	periūrā	periūrō		periūrīs
Vocative	periūre	periūra	periūrum		periūrī	periūrae	periūra

Derived terms

• periūrium
• periūrō/ pēierō

Descendants

• Italian: periuro, pergiuro, spergiuro
• Portuguese: perjuro

References

• “periurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “periurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers