peiero

Latin

Alternative forms

pejero, periuro, perjuro, peiuro, pejuro

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) and related to peior (“worse”), pēs (“foot”), so originally “to debase oneself”. Appears to have been conflated with, or reanalysed as, perjūrō, from per (“through”) +‎ jūs (“law”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛj.jɛ.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.je.ro]

Verb

peierō (present infinitive peierāre, perfect active peierāvī, supine peierātum); first conjugation

to swear a false oath
to perjure oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of peierō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	peierō	peierās		peierat	peierāmus	peierātis		peierant
	imperfect	peierābam	peierābās		peierābat	peierābāmus	peierābātis		peierābant
	future	peierābō	peierābis		peierābit	peierābimus	peierābitis		peierābunt
	perfect	peierāvī	peierāvistī		peierāvit	peierāvimus	peierāvistis		peierāvērunt, peierāvēre
	pluperfect	peierāveram	peierāverās		peierāverat	peierāverāmus	peierāverātis		peierāverant
	future perfect	peierāverō	peierāveris		peierāverit	peierāverimus	peierāveritis		peierāverint
passive	present	peieror	peierāris, peierāre		peierātur	peierāmur	peierāminī		peierantur
	imperfect	peierābar	peierābāris, peierābāre		peierābātur	peierābāmur	peierābāminī		peierābantur
	future	peierābor	peierāberis, peierābere		peierābitur	peierābimur	peierābiminī		peierābuntur
	perfect	peierātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	peierātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	peierātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	peierem	peierēs		peieret	peierēmus	peierētis		peierent
	imperfect	peierārem	peierārēs		peierāret	peierārēmus	peierārētis		peierārent
	perfect	peierāverim	peierāverīs		peierāverit	peierāverīmus	peierāverītis		peierāverint
	pluperfect	peierāvissem	peierāvissēs		peierāvisset	peierāvissēmus	peierāvissētis		peierāvissent
passive	present	peierer	peierēris, peierēre		peierētur	peierēmur	peierēminī		peierentur
	imperfect	peierārer	peierārēris, peierārēre		peierārētur	peierārēmur	peierārēminī		peierārentur
	perfect	peierātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	peierātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	peierā		—	—	peierāte		—
active	future	—	peierātō		peierātō	—	peierātōte		peierantō
passive	present	—	peierāre		—	—	peierāminī		—
passive	future	—	peierātor		peierātor	—	—		peierantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		peierāre		peierārī		peierāns		—
future		peierātūrum esse		peierātum īrī		peierātūrus		peierandus
perfect		peierāvisse		peierātum esse		—		peierātus
future perfect		—		peierātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		peierātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		peierandī	peierandō		peierandum	peierandō	peierātum		peierātū

References

“peiero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“peiero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to commit perjury, perjure oneself: periurium facere; peierare