dispereo

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Latin

Etymology

From dis- (utterly, exceedingly) +‎ pereō (perish).

Pronunciation

Verb

dispereō (present infinitive disperīre, perfect active disperiī or disperīvī); irregular conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be destroyed, perish; go completely to ruin, be lost or undone

Conjugation

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The perfect is usually contracted to disperiī, but occasionally appears as disperīvī.

Descendants

References

  • 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.