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, 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 conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		disperīre			—			disperiēns			—
perfect		disperīsse			—			—			—
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.