depereo

to perish, be utterly ruined.

dē-pĕrĕo, ii ( fut. deperiet for -ibit, Vulg. Eccl. 31, 7), 4, v. n., to go to ruin, perish, die; to be lost, undone.

In gen. (class.):

neque adaugescit quicquam neque deperit inde (sc. de materia),

Lucr. 2, 296:

tempestate naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

perexigua pars illius exercitus superest, magna pars deperiit,

id. B. C. 3, 87; cf. id. B. G. 7, 31, 4: si servus deperisset, had been lost (by death or flight), Cic. Top. 3, 15:

ut scida ne qua depereat,

id. Att. 1, 20 fin.:

qui deperiit minor uno mense vel anno,

has died, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40 et saep.:

(auro) rerum uni nihil igne deperit,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 59:

decor vultus ejus deperiit,

faded, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 11.—

In partic., to be desperately in love with, dying with love for a person (not in Cic., neither in Verg., Hor., nor Ovid, but freq. in Plaut.).—Constr.: aliquem (amore), more rarely alicujus amore, in aliquo; and absol.:

ut hic te efflictim deperit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 19:

aliquam (with deamare),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 35:

aliquam,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 19; id. Bac. 3, 3, 66 et saep.; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 14;

Catull. 100, 2: amore aliquam deperire,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 43; cf.:

illum deperit impotente amore, Catull. 35, 12: amore mulierculae,

Liv. 27, 15; cf.:

amore sui,

Suet. Vesp. 22:

cum laceratum corpus, in quo deperibat, intueretur,

Curt. 8, 6, 8.— Absol.:

rogas? deperit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 62.

dĕ-ămo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to be desperately in love with, to love dearly or passionately (ante-class.), "vehementius amare," Non. 97, 21 (cf. depereo).

Prop.:

illa, quam tuus gnatus annos multos deamat, deperit,

Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 35; id. Poen. 4, 2, 72; Afran. ap. Non. l. l. (v. 357 Ribbeck): Laber. ap. Charis. l, p. 84 P. (v. 41 Ribbeck).—

Transf.

Of things, to be quite in love with, delighted with:

deamavi... lepidissima munera,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 3; cf.:

dona deamata acceptaque,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 5: deamo te, Syre, I am greatly obliged to you, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 21.

dē-mŏrĭor, mortuus, 3, v. dep. n., to die off, to die, depart, decease (i. e. from an office, out of a circle of associates, etc., cf. Fabri ad Liv. 23, 21, 7. In the class. per. only in the perf. or part. perf.; not found in Caes. and the Aug. poets).

Lit.:

paene sum fame demortuus,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 62:

cum esset ex veterum numero quidam senator demortuus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.:

tantum hominum demortuum esse, ut, etc.,

Liv. 40, 19; 26, 23; Curt. 8, 10:

alii sunt alias, nostrique familiares fere demortui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11 fin.:

posse evenire, ut demoriantur mancipia,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—So in pub. law lang.:

in demortui (magistratus) locum creatur, sufficitur, etc.,

Liv. 5, 31 Drak.; 23, 21 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9; Suet. Caes. 41 al.—

Trop.

To depart, be gone:

potationes plurimae demortuae, Quot adeo cenae, quas deflevi, mortuae!

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 58:

demortua vocabula,

obsolete, Gell. 9, 2, 11.—

With acc. pers., to be dying for love of any one (cf. depereo):

ea demoritur te,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 23; 4, 2, 49.

dē-perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v a.

To destroy, ruin (so only in the part. perf., and rare):

sator inopia deperditus,

i. e. impoverished, Phaedr. 1, 14, 1:

ut est deperditus Io,

i. e. desperately in love, Prop. 2, 30, 29 (3, 28, 29 M.); cf.

amore,

Suet. Dom. 3:

deperditum intelligitur, quod in rerum natura esse desiit,

Gai. Dig. 5, 3, 21.—More freq. and class.,

To lose:

qui non solum bona sed etiam honestatem miseri deperdiderunt,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

nihil sui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

vitalem sensum,

Lucr. 3, 526:

folia (arbores),

Plin. 16, 22, 34, § 82:

colorem,

id. 37, 8, 33, § 112 al.:

gratiam,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

tantum ejus opinionis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54 fin.:

bonam famam,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 61:

usum linguae,

Ov. M. 5, 562 al.:

ne quid ex his deperdat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14; cf.:

paucos ex suis (nostri),

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.:

ne quid apud vos de existimatione sua deperderet,

Cic. Font. 9, 19; so,

quid de libertate,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 30:

nihil de jure civitatis,

id. Caecin. 35, 102:

paululum admodum de celeritate (stilus),

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

ne quid Summa deperdat metuens, aut ampliet ut rem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 32:

quod ex naufragio expulsum est... non est in derelicto, sed in deperdito,

Dig. 41, 2, 21; cf. ib. 5, 3, 21 (for the pass. of deperdo, depereo is used).—Hence, * dēperdĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), corrupt, abandoned, Gell. 5, 1, 3.

dē-perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v a.

To destroy, ruin (so only in the part. perf., and rare):

sator inopia deperditus,

i. e. impoverished, Phaedr. 1, 14, 1:

ut est deperditus Io,

i. e. desperately in love, Prop. 2, 30, 29 (3, 28, 29 M.); cf.

amore,

Suet. Dom. 3:

deperditum intelligitur, quod in rerum natura esse desiit,

Gai. Dig. 5, 3, 21.—More freq. and class.,

To lose:

qui non solum bona sed etiam honestatem miseri deperdiderunt,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

nihil sui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

vitalem sensum,

Lucr. 3, 526:

folia (arbores),

Plin. 16, 22, 34, § 82:

colorem,

id. 37, 8, 33, § 112 al.:

gratiam,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

tantum ejus opinionis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54 fin.:

bonam famam,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 61:

usum linguae,

Ov. M. 5, 562 al.:

ne quid ex his deperdat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14; cf.:

paucos ex suis (nostri),

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.:

ne quid apud vos de existimatione sua deperderet,

Cic. Font. 9, 19; so,

quid de libertate,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 30:

nihil de jure civitatis,

id. Caecin. 35, 102:

paululum admodum de celeritate (stilus),

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

ne quid Summa deperdat metuens, aut ampliet ut rem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 32:

quod ex naufragio expulsum est... non est in derelicto, sed in deperdito,

Dig. 41, 2, 21; cf. ib. 5, 3, 21 (for the pass. of deperdo, depereo is used).—Hence, * dēperdĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), corrupt, abandoned, Gell. 5, 1, 3.