adverb
perperam
perperam (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablewrongly, incorrectly
perpĕram and perpĕrē,
I. advv., v. perperus fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
perperam adv.
1 PAR-, wrongly, incorrectly, untruly, falsely : istoc de nomine dixi, i. e. gave a false name , T.: facere: interpretari, L.
Origins
Feminine adverbial accusative of perperus (“wrong”). Compare bifāriam, forās.