pejor
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See also: peior
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pejor (neuter pejus, positive malus); third declension
- alternative typography of peior
Declension
[edit]Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pejor | pejus | pejōrēs | pejōra | |
| Genitive | pejōris | pejōrum | |||
| Dative | pejōrī | pejōribus | |||
| Accusative | pejōrem | pejus | pejōrēs | pejōra | |
| Ablative | pejōre | pejōribus | |||
| Vocative | pejor | pejus | pejōrēs | pejōra | |
References
[edit]- “pejor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pejor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin pejor, variant spelling of peior. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French peior and pire.
Adjective
[edit]pejor
- comparative degree of mal (worse)
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pējor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 154