dispereo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈpe.re.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈpɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈpe.re.o/, [d̪isˈpɛːreo]

Verb

dispereō (present infinitive disperīre, perfect active disperiī or disperīvī); irregular conjugation, irregular, 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.

Conjugation of dispereō (irregular, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dispereō	disperīs	disperit	disperīmus	disperītis	dispereunt
	imperfect	disperībam	disperībās	disperībat	disperībāmus	disperībātis	disperībant
	future	disperībō	disperībis	disperībit	disperībimus	disperībitis	disperībunt
	perfect	disperiī, disperīvī	disperīstī, disperīvistī	disperiit, disperīvit	disperiimus	disperīstis	disperiērunt, disperiēre
	pluperfect	disperieram	disperierās	disperierat	disperierāmus	disperierātis	disperierant
	future perfect	disperierō	disperieris	disperierit	disperierimus	disperieritis	disperierint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dispeream	dispereās	dispereat	dispereāmus	dispereātis	dispereant
	imperfect	disperīrem	disperīrēs	disperīret	disperīrēmus	disperīrētis	disperīrent
	perfect	disperierim	disperierīs	disperierit	disperierīmus	disperierītis	disperierint
	pluperfect	disperīssem	disperīssēs	disperīsset	disperīssēmus	disperīssētis	disperīssent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	disperī	—	—	disperīte	—
	future	—	disperītō	disperītō	—	disperītōte	dispereuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		disperīre	disperīsse	—	—	—	—
participles		disperiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dispereundī	dispereundō	dispereundum	dispereundō	—	—

Related terms

• compereō
• dēpereō
• pereō

Descendants

• English: disperish
• French: despérir
• Italian: disperire
• Spanish: desperecer

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.