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peiorem

peiorem is a Latin form of malus, meaning “bad, evil”. It is the accusative singular masculine comparative adjective or accusative singular feminine comparative adjective.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 103: … t; nam illud in talem virum non audeo dicere: si diceret, non crederetur. videte nunc quam versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia. cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is qui et sector est et sicarius …

Terence, Eunuchus 4.2.631: Peiorem partem. Quid opus est verbis? dum haec puto

All forms of malus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.