peius

Latin

Alternative forms

pejus

Etymology

From peior.

Adjective

peius

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of peior

Adverb

peius

comparative degree of male

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: peggio
  - → Sicilian: peggiu
- Sicilian: peju
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: pejus
North Italian:
- Friulian: piês
- Ladin: piec
- Romansch: pis, pês
- Venetian: pexo, pezo
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pis (archaic)
- French: pis
- Occitan: pis

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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