peiorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Italic *pedjōs, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”), from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”), with change of *-dj- to -[jj]- as in caia (“cudgel”) from *kaidjā-. Compare pessimus (“worst”). Cognate to pēs, pessum.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈpɛj.jɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈpɛː.jor]

形容詞

peior (comparative, neuter peius); third declension

1. comparative degree of malus; worse

   Synonym: deterior, nequior

語形変化

Third-declension comparative adjective.

反意語

• melior

派生語

• peiōrō
• peius

派生した語

参考

• pessimus (superlative)

参照

Further reading

• “peior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “peiior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pessum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caedō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 79–80