dispereo
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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.