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pereo
pereo
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.re.oː/, [ˈpɛ.re.oː]
Verb
pereō (present infinitive perīre, perfect active periī, supine peritum); irregular conjugation
- I vanish, disappear, come to nothing.
- I leak; I am absorbed.
- I perish, pass away, die.
- I pine away with love.
Inflection
Irregular, like eō (“go”), which it compounds. The perfect is usually contracted to periī, but occasionally appears as perīvī.
| Conjugation of pereo (irregular, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | pereō | perīs | perit | perīmus | perītis | pereunt |
| imperfect | perībam | perībās | perībat | perībāmus | perībātis | perībant | |
| future | perībō | perībis | perībit | perībimus | perībitis | perībunt | |
| perfect | periī, perīvī | perīstī, perīvistī | periit, perīvit | periimus | perīstis | periērunt, periēre | |
| pluperfect | perieram | perierās | perierat | perierāmus | perierātis | perierant | |
| future perfect | perierō | perieris | perierit | perierimus | perieritis | perierint | |
| passive | present | — | — | perītur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | perībātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | perībitur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | peritus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | peritus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | peritus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | peream | pereās | pereat | pereāmus | pereātis | pereant |
| imperfect | perīrem | perīrēs | perīret | perīrēmus | perīrētis | perīrent | |
| perfect | perierim | perierīs | perierit | perierīmus | perierītis | perierint | |
| pluperfect | perīssem | perīssēs | perīsset | perīssēmus | perīssētis | perīssent | |
| passive | present | — | — | pereātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | perīrētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | peritus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | peritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | perī | — | — | perīte | — |
| future | — | perītō | perītō | — | perītōte | pereuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | perīre | perīsse | peritūrus esse | perīrī | peritus esse | — | |
| participles | periēns | — | peritūrus | — | peritus | pereundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perīre | pereundī | pereundō | pereundum | peritum | peritū | ||
Descendants
References
- pereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pereo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire
- to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
- I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
- the book has been lost: liber intercidit, periit
- they perished to a man: ad unum omnes perierunt
- to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire