peioro

Latin

Alternative forms

• pejōrō

Etymology

From peiōr- (“worse”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

peiōrō (present infinitive peiōrāre, perfect active peiōrāvī, supine peiōrātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) make worse; aggravate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of peiōrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peiōrō	peiōrās	peiōrat	peiōrāmus	peiōrātis	peiōrant
	imperfect	peiōrābam	peiōrābās	peiōrābat	peiōrābāmus	peiōrābātis	peiōrābant
	future	peiōrābō	peiōrābis	peiōrābit	peiōrābimus	peiōrābitis	peiōrābunt
	perfect	peiōrāvī	peiōrāvistī	peiōrāvit	peiōrāvimus	peiōrāvistis	peiōrāvērunt, peiōrāvēre
	pluperfect	peiōrāveram	peiōrāverās	peiōrāverat	peiōrāverāmus	peiōrāverātis	peiōrāverant
	future perfect	peiōrāverō	peiōrāveris	peiōrāverit	peiōrāverimus	peiōrāveritis	peiōrāverint
passive	present	peiōror	peiōrāris, peiōrāre	peiōrātur	peiōrāmur	peiōrāminī	peiōrantur
	imperfect	peiōrābar	peiōrābāris, peiōrābāre	peiōrābātur	peiōrābāmur	peiōrābāminī	peiōrābantur
	future	peiōrābor	peiōrāberis, peiōrābere	peiōrābitur	peiōrābimur	peiōrābiminī	peiōrābuntur
	perfect	peiōrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	peiōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	peiōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	peiōrem	peiōrēs	peiōret	peiōrēmus	peiōrētis	peiōrent
	imperfect	peiōrārem	peiōrārēs	peiōrāret	peiōrārēmus	peiōrārētis	peiōrārent
	perfect	peiōrāverim	peiōrāverīs	peiōrāverit	peiōrāverīmus	peiōrāverītis	peiōrāverint
	pluperfect	peiōrāvissem	peiōrāvissēs	peiōrāvisset	peiōrāvissēmus	peiōrāvissētis	peiōrāvissent
passive	present	peiōrer	peiōrēris, peiōrēre	peiōrētur	peiōrēmur	peiōrēminī	peiōrentur
	imperfect	peiōrārer	peiōrārēris, peiōrārēre	peiōrārētur	peiōrārēmur	peiōrārēminī	peiōrārentur
	perfect	peiōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	peiōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	peiōrā	—	—	peiōrāte	—
	future	—	peiōrātō	peiōrātō	—	peiōrātōte	peiōrantō
passive	present	—	peiōrāre	—	—	peiōrāminī	—
	future	—	peiōrātor	peiōrātor	—	—	peiōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		peiōrāre	peiōrāvisse	peiōrātūrum esse	peiōrārī	peiōrātum esse	peiōrātum īrī
participles		peiōrāns	—	peiōrātūrus	—	peiōrātus	peiōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		peiōrandī	peiōrandō	peiōrandum	peiōrandō	peiōrātum	peiōrātū

Derived terms

• impeiōrō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: peggiorare
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: peiorâ, pejorâ
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pitjorar
  • Franco-Provençal: periér
  • Occitan: pejorar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: piorar, pejorar
  • Spanish: peorar
• Borrowings:
  • ⇒ English: pejorate

References

• “pejoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impair”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “impair”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.