depereo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pereō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈpe.re.oː/, [d̪eːˈpɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpe.re.o/, [d̪eˈpɛːreo]

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

• deperītiō

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)