peius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From peior.

Adjective

peius

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of peior

Descendants
  • Catalan: pis (archaic)
  • French: pis
  • Friulian: piês
  • Italian: peggio
    • →? Sicilian: peggiu
  • Ladin: piec
  • Occitan: pis
  • Romansch: pis, pês
  • Sardinian: pejus, peius
  • Sicilian: peju
  • Venetian: pexo, pezo

Adverb

peius

  1. comparative degree of male

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
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