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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
peierō (present infinitive peierāre, perfect active peierāvī, supine peierātum); first conjugation
- to swear a false oath
- to perjure oneself
Conjugation
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to commit perjury, perjure oneself: periurium facere; peierare