deiero
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dē- + iūrō. The e is due to contamination between periūrō (“swear falsely”) and peierō (“worsen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.i̯e.roː/, [ˈd̪eːi̯ɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.je.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːjero]
Verb
[edit]dēierō (present infinitive dēierāre, perfect active dēierāvī, supine dēierātum); first conjugation
- to swear (take an oath)
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “deiero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers