dispereo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dis- (“utterly, exceedingly”) + pereō (“perish”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈpe.re.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈpɛreoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /disˈpe.re.o/, [d̪isˈpɛːreo]
Verb edit
dispereō (present infinitive disperīre, perfect active disperiī or disperīvī); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to be destroyed, perish; go completely to ruin, be lost or undone
Conjugation edit
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The perfect is usually contracted to disperiī, but occasionally appears as disperīvī.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: disperish
- French: despérir
- Italian: disperire
- Spanish: desperecer
References edit
- “dispereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dispereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dispereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.