perimo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *per-emō, from *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-. By surface analysis, per- +‎ emō (“to obtain, buy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.rɪ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.ri.mo]

Verb

perimō (present infinitive perimere, perfect active perēmī, supine perēmptum); third conjugation

1. to annihilate, extinguish, destroy

   Synonyms: ruīnō, dēstruō, sepeliō, impellō, populor, exscindō, perdō, accīdō, aboleō, dīruō, tollō, vāstō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, absūmō, interimō, occīdō, trucīdō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

2. to hinder, prevent

   Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, cohibeō, obstruō, refrēnō, arceō, dētineō, tardō, inclūdō, officiō, obstō, premō, saepiō, reprimō, comprimō, sustentō

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, ēmittō

3. to kill, slay

   Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, trucīdō, cōnficiō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, iugulō, percutiō, interficiō, interimō, sōpiō, peragō, dēiciō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perimō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perimō		perimis		perimit		perimimus		perimitis		perimunt
	imperfect	perimēbam		perimēbās		perimēbat		perimēbāmus		perimēbātis		perimēbant
	future	perimam		perimēs		perimet		perimēmus		perimētis		periment
	perfect	perēmī		perēmistī		perēmit		perēmimus		perēmistis		perēmērunt, perēmēre
	pluperfect	perēmeram		perēmerās		perēmerat		perēmerāmus		perēmerātis		perēmerant
	future perfect	perēmerō		perēmeris		perēmerit		perēmerimus		perēmeritis		perēmerint
passive	present	perimor		perimeris, perimere		perimitur		perimimur		perimiminī		perimuntur
	imperfect	perimēbar		perimēbāris, perimēbāre		perimēbātur		perimēbāmur		perimēbāminī		perimēbantur
	future	perimar		perimēris, perimēre		perimētur		perimēmur		perimēminī		perimentur
	perfect	perēmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perēmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perēmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perimam		perimās		perimat		perimāmus		perimātis		perimant
	imperfect	perimerem		perimerēs		perimeret		perimerēmus		perimerētis		perimerent
	perfect	perēmerim		perēmerīs		perēmerit		perēmerīmus		perēmerītis		perēmerint
	pluperfect	perēmissem		perēmissēs		perēmisset		perēmissēmus		perēmissētis		perēmissent
passive	present	perimar		perimāris, perimāre		perimātur		perimāmur		perimāminī		perimantur
	imperfect	perimerer		perimerēris, perimerēre		perimerētur		perimerēmur		perimerēminī		perimerentur
	perfect	perēmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perēmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		perime		—		—		perimite		—
	future	—		perimitō		perimitō		—		perimitōte		perimuntō
passive	present	—		perimere		—		—		perimiminī		—
	future	—		perimitor		perimitor		—		—		perimuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		perimere			perimī			perimēns			—
future		perēmptūrum esse			perēmptum īrī			perēmptūrus			perimendus, perimundus
perfect		perēmisse			perēmptum esse			—			perēmptus
future perfect		—			perēmptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perēmptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		perimendī		perimendō		perimendum		perimendō		perēmptum		perēmptū

Derived terms

• peremptiō
• peremptōrius

Descendants

• → English: perempt
• → French: périmer
• → Italian: perimere
• → Portuguese: perimir
• → Spanish: perimir

References

• “perimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perimo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

perimo (Cyrillic spelling перимо)

1. first-person plural imperative of prati