verbfirst conjugation
peierō
peierō (present infinitive peierāre, perfect active peierāvī, supine peierātum)
Classical[ˈpɛj.jɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛː.je.ro]
Meaning
- to swear a false oath
- to perjure oneself
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Perlucidus · Pellucidus · Perlegere · Pellegere · Perlicere · Pellicere · Perjurare · Pejerare
1. Perlucidus means very bright, whereas pellucidus, transparent. Cic. Civ. i. 57. 2. Perlegere means to read through, that is, from beginning to end; whereas pellegere, to read over, that is, not to leave unread. Plaut. Pseud. i. 1. 3. Perlicere means completely to inveigle, Liv. iv. 15. Tac. Ann. xiii. 48; whereas pellicere, to lead astray. 4. Perjurare means to swear falsely; pejerare, to violate an oath. (ii. 82.)
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | peierō | peierābam | peierābō | peierāvī | peierāveram | peierāverō pēierārō |
| 2nd sg. | peierās | peierābās | peierābis | peierāvistī pēierāstī | peierāverās pēierārās | peierāveris |
| 3rd sg. | peierat | peierābat | peierābit | peierāvit | peierāverat pēierārat | peierāverit pēierārit |
| 1st pl. | peierāmus | peierābāmus | peierābimus | peierāvimus | peierāverāmus | peierāverimus pēierārimus |
| 2nd pl. | peierātis | peierābātis | peierābitis | peierāvistis pēierāstis | peierāverātis pēierārātis | peierāveritis pēierāritis |
| 3rd pl. | peierant | peierābant | peierābunt | peierāvērunt peierāvēre, pēierārunt | peierāverant pēierārant | peierāverint pēierārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | peierem | peierārem | peierāverim pēierārim | peierāvissem pēierāssem |
| 2nd sg. | peierēs | peierārēs | peierāverīs | peierāvissēs pēierāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | peieret | peierāret | peierāverit pēierārit | peierāvisset pēierāsset |
| 1st pl. | peierēmus | peierārēmus | peierāverīmus pēierārīmus | peierāvissēmus pēierāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | peierētis | peierārētis | peierāverītis pēierārītis | peierāvissētis pēierāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | peierent | peierārent | peierāverint pēierārint | peierāvissent pēierāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | peieror | peierābar | peierābor |
| 2nd sg. | peierāris peierāre | peierābāris peierābāre | peierāberis peierābere |
| 3rd sg. | peierātur | peierābātur | peierābitur |
| 1st pl. | peierāmur | peierābāmur | peierābimur |
| 2nd pl. | peierāminī | peierābāminī | peierābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | peierantur | peierābantur | peierābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | peierer | peierārer |
| 2nd sg. | peierēris peierēre | peierārēris peierārēre |
| 3rd sg. | peierētur | peierārētur |
| 1st pl. | peierēmur | peierārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | peierēminī | peierārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | peierentur | peierārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | peierā | peierāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | peierāte | peierāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | peierātō | peierātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | peierātō | peierātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | peierātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | peierantō | peierantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | peierāre | peierārī |
| perfect infinitive | peierāvisse pēierāsse | peierātum esse |
| future infinitive | peierātūrum esse | peierātum īrī |
| present participle | peierāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | peierātus peierāta, peierātā, peierātae, peierātam, peierātārum, peierātās, peierātī, peierātōrum, peierātōs |
| future participle | peierātūrus peierātūra, peierātūrā, peierātūrae, peierātūram, peierātūrārum, peierātūrās, peierātūre, peierātūrī, peierātūrīs, peierātūrō, peierātūrōrum, peierātūrōs, peierātūrum | peierandus peieranda, peierandā, peierandae, peierandam, peierandārum, peierandās, peierande, peierandīs, peierandōrum, peierandōs |
gerundpeierandī, peierandō, peierandumsupinepeierātum, peierātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- periurium facere; peierare
- to commit perjury, perjure oneself.
pējĕro, or, in the orig. form, perjūro (Vulg. Lev. 19, 12; id. Matt. 5, 33), and per-jĕro (Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9; id. Truc. 1, 1, 9), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. per-juro,
I. to swear falsely, to forswear or perjure one's self.
I. Lit.:
non enim falsum jurare pejerare (al. perjurare) est, sed quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipitur more nostro, id non facere perjurium est, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108; cf.: illum verbis conceptis pejerasse, id. Clu. 48, 134; Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16; Quint. 5, 11, 13: 5, 6, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: qui facile ac palam mentitur, pejerabit, Quint. 5, 10, 87: de aliquā re, Mart. 7, 20, 6: hic putat esse deos, et pejerat, Juv. 13, 91: per consulatum pejerat Vatinius, by the consulship, Cat. 52, 3.—With acc.: Stygias qui pejerat undas, by the waters of the Styx, Luc. 6, 749; cf.: alii in ipso Capitolio fallunt ac fulminantem perjurant Jovem, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21 Sillig N. cr.—Poet.: bel. lum pejerans, oath-breaking, treaty-breaking war, Stat. S. 4, 3, 4.—(b). Poet. in part. perf. pass.: jus pejeratum, a false oath (analog. to jus jurandum), Hor. C. 2, 8, 1:
et perjuratos in mea damna deos, offended by perjury, Ov. Am. 3, 11, 22.—II. Transf., in gen., to lie (Plautin.):
perge: optime hercle perjuras, Plaut. Poen. 2, 34: da pignus, ni nune perjures, id. ib. 5, 4, 72; id. Merc. 3, 1, 42.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pēierō, perierō, or periūrō āvī, ātus, āre
per+iuro, to swear falsely, perjure oneself : verbis conceptis: quā re periuras? H.: Hic putat esse deos, et peierat, Iu.: ius peieratum, a false <*>ath , H.: periurati dii, offended by perjury , O.
Origins
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”).