depereo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pereō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēpereō (present infinitive dēperīre, perfect active dēperiī or dēperīvī, supine dēperitum); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive perfect forms, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive) to perish, to be ruined, to get lost, to go awaste
    • c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 3.87.2:
      Perexigua pars illīus exercitūs superest. Magna pars dēperiit, quod accidere tot proeliīs fuit necesse, multōs autumnī pestilentia in Italiā consūmpsit, multī domum discessērunt, multī sunt relictī in continentī.
      A very small part of that army is left. A great part perished, which had to happen in so many battles, the pestilence of the autumn consumed many in Italy, many left for home, many were left behind.
    • C.E. 530 – C.E. 533, Justinian I, Dīgesta seu Pandectae 17.1.8.6:
      Mandāvī, ut negōtia gererēs: sī nihil dēperierit, quamvīs nēmō gesserit, nūlla āctiō est, aut sī alius idoneē gesserit, cessat mandātī āctiō.
      I mandated you to manage some affairs: if nothing got lost even though nobody managed them, no claim arises, or if somebody manages alike, the claim from the mandate cedes.
  2. (transitive) to be desperately in love with, to love to distraction

Conjugation

Third-person singular passive forms are scantily attested in Medieval texts.

   Conjugation of dēpereō (irregular, no passive perfect forms, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēpereō dēperīs dēperit dēperīmus dēperītis dēpereunt
imperfect dēperībam dēperībās dēperībat dēperībāmus dēperībātis dēperībant
future dēperībō dēperībis dēperībit dēperībimus dēperībitis dēperībunt
perfect dēperiī,
dēperīvī		 dēperīstī,
dēperīvistī		 dēperiit,
dēperīvit		 dēperiimus dēperīstis dēperiērunt,
dēperiēre
pluperfect dēperieram dēperierās dēperierat dēperierāmus dēperierātis dēperierant
future perfect dēperierō dēperieris dēperierit dēperierimus dēperieritis dēperierint
passive present — — dēperītur — — —
imperfect — — dēperībātur — — —
future — — dēperībitur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēpeream dēpereās dēpereat dēpereāmus dēpereātis dēpereant
imperfect dēperīrem dēperīrēs dēperīret dēperīrēmus dēperīrētis dēperīrent
perfect dēperierim dēperierīs dēperierit dēperierīmus dēperierītis dēperierint
pluperfect dēperīssem dēperīssēs dēperīsset dēperīssēmus dēperīssētis dēperīssent
passive present — — dēpereātur — — —
imperfect — — dēperīrētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēperī — — dēperīte —
future — dēperītō dēperītō — dēperītōte dēpereuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēperīre dēperīsse dēperitūrum esse dēperīrī — —
participles dēperiēns — dēperitūrus — — dēpereundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēpereundī dēpereundō dēpereundum dēpereundō dēperitum dēperitū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: deperish
  • French: dépérir
  • Italian: deperire
  • Portuguese: deperecer
  • Spanish: desperecer

References
  • “depereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “depereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • depereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “depereo” on page 569 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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