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