peius

peius is a Latin form of malus, meaning “bad, evil”. It is the nominative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 125 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.31.10: Sed peius victoribus Sequanis quam Haeduis victis accidisse, propterea quod Ariovistus, rex Germanorum, in eorum finibu …

Ovid, Heroides 4.34: Peius adulterio turpis adulter obest.

Plautus, Mostellaria 3.2.710: péius posthác fore quám fuit mihi.

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.