pējĕro — Lewis & Short
pējĕro, or, in the orig. form, perjūro (per-jĕro (āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.per-juro,
Vulg. Lev. 19, 12; id. Matt. 5, 33), and Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9; id. Truc. 1, 1, 9),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.