peior

See also: pejor

Latin

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”).

pēior (neuter pēius); third declension

Third declension, comparative variant

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
nominative	pēior	pēius	pēiōrēs	pēiōra
genitive	pēiōris		pēiōrum
dative	pēiōrī		pēiōribus
accusative	pēiōrem	pēius	pēiōrēs	pēiōra
ablative	pēiōre		pēiōribus
vocative	pēior	pēius	pēiōrēs	pēiōra

peior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

alternative forms

From Latin pēiōrem, accusative singular of pēior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.

peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire)

worse; comparative degree of mal
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.
  Who are worse than Saracens.
worst; superlative degree of mal

Declension of peior

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	pire, pyre, piere, peior	peiore	pis
Singular	Oblique	peior	peiore	peior
Plural	Subject	peior	peiores	peior
Plural	Oblique	peiors	peiores	peior

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (peior, includes information on declension)

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