perdo

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Verb

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perdo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perdre

Esperanto

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Etymology

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perdi +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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Noun

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perdo (accusative singular perdon, plural perdoj, accusative plural perdojn)

  1. loss

Galician

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perdo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perder

Italian

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perdo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perdere

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Latin

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Etymology

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From per- (through) +‎ -dō (put).

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Verb

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perdō (present infinitive perdere, perfect active perdidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem (Classical)
perdō (present infinitive perdere, perfect active perdidī, supine perditum); third conjugation (post-Classical)

  1. to destroy, ruin, wreck
    Synonyms: dēstruō, ruīnō, occīdō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, tollō, dīruō, aboleō, exscindō, accīdō, populor, interimō, impellō, sepeliō, absūmō, perimō, trucīdō
    Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
  2. to waste, squander
    Synonyms: abūtor, conterō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō
    • Suetonius writing of Titus
      Atque etiam recordatus quondam super cenam, quod nihil cuiquam toto die praestitisset, memorabilem illam meritoque laudatam vocem edidit: "Amici, diem perdidi".
      One evening at dinner, realizing that he had done nobody any favour throughout the entire day, he spoke these memorable words: "Friends, I have wasted a day".
    • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.2.13:
      verba miser frūstrā nōn prōficientia perdō.
      Wretched [as I am], vainly I waste words, making no progress.
  3. to have no more, to be deprived of
    Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, indigeō, careō, dēlinquō, dēficiō, cessō
    Antonyms: flōreō, abundō, affluō, niteō
  4. to lose utterly, suffer loss
    Synonym: āmittō

Usage notes

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  • Speakers of Classical Latin typically avoided the passive forms of this verb, using pereō instead.

Conjugation

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  • Classical Latin conjugation, without passive forms (note the alternative present subjunctive, especially common in Plautus):
   Conjugation of perdō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perdō perdis perdit perdimus perditis perdunt
imperfect perdēbam perdēbās perdēbat perdēbāmus perdēbātis perdēbant
future perdam perdēs perdet perdēmus perdētis perdent
perfect perdidī perdidistī perdidit perdidimus perdidistis perdidērunt,
perdidēre
pluperfect perdideram perdiderās perdiderat perdiderāmus perdiderātis perdiderant
future perfect perdiderō perdideris perdiderit perdiderimus perdideritis perdiderint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perdam,
perduim
perdās,
perduīs
perdat,
perduit
perdāmus perdātis perdant,
perduint
imperfect perderem perderēs perderet perderēmus perderētis perderent
perfect perdiderim perdiderīs perdiderit perdiderīmus perdiderītis perdiderint
pluperfect perdidissem perdidissēs perdidisset perdidissēmus perdidissētis perdidissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perde perdite
future perditō perditō perditōte perduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perdere perdidisse
participles perdēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perdendī perdendō perdendum perdendō
  • Complete conjugation, in later Latin:
   Conjugation of perdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perdō perdis perdit perdimus perditis perdunt
imperfect perdēbam perdēbās perdēbat perdēbāmus perdēbātis perdēbant
future perdam perdēs perdet perdēmus perdētis perdent
perfect perdidī perdidistī perdidit perdidimus perdidistis perdidērunt,
perdidēre
pluperfect perdideram perdiderās perdiderat perdiderāmus perdiderātis perdiderant
future perfect perdiderō perdideris perdiderit perdiderimus perdideritis perdiderint
passive present perdor perderis,
perdere
perditur perdimur perdiminī perduntur
imperfect perdēbar perdēbāris,
perdēbāre
perdēbātur perdēbāmur perdēbāminī perdēbantur
future perdar perdēris,
perdēre
perdētur perdēmur perdēminī perdentur
perfect perditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perdam perdās perdat perdāmus perdātis perdant
imperfect perderem perderēs perderet perderēmus perderētis perderent
perfect perdiderim perdiderīs perdiderit perdiderīmus perdiderītis perdiderint
pluperfect perdidissem perdidissēs perdidisset perdidissēmus perdidissētis perdidissent
passive present perdar perdāris,
perdāre
perdātur perdāmur perdāminī perdantur
imperfect perderer perderēris,
perderēre
perderētur perderēmur perderēminī perderentur
perfect perditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perde perdite
future perditō perditō perditōte perduntō
passive present perdere perdiminī
future perditor perditor perduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perdere perdidisse perditūrum esse perdī perditum esse perditum īrī
participles perdēns perditūrus perditus perdendus,
perdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perdendī perdendō perdendum perdendō perditum perditū

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References

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  • perdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • perdo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    • (ambiguous) to lose no time: tempus non amittere, perdere
    • (ambiguous) to bring a man to ruin; to destroy: aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dare
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    • (ambiguous) to lose hope: spem perdere
    • (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere