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1 pereo
pĕr-ĕo, ĭi (īvi), ĭtum, īre (periet for peribit, Coripp. Johann. 7, 27; perf. perivit, App. M. 4, 21:I.perīt,
Juv. 8, 85:perisset,
Lact. 3, 20, 17 al.:perisse,
Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. Am. 2, 19, 56; fut. periet, Vulg. Sap. 4, 19 al.), v. n.To pass away, come to nothing; to vanish, disappear, be lost:B.e patriā,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 5:ecqua inde perisset soror,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15:ne vena periret aquae,
Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 16.—Esp., to pass through, leak, be absorbed ( poet.):II.lymphae Dolium pereuntis,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 27; cf.:postremo pereunt imbres, ubi eos pater aether In gremium matris terrai praecipitavit,
Lucr. 1, 250.—To pass away, to be destroyed, to perish (the predom. and class. signif. of the word; syn.: occĭdo, intereo, obeo).A.In gen.:B.aedes cum fundamento perierint,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 69:tantam pecuniam tam brevi tempore perire potuisse,
Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11:totum exercitum periturum,
Nep. Epam. 7, 4:fac pereat vitreo miles ab hoste tuus (in the game of chess),
let your knight be taken by a pawn, Ov. A. A. 2, 208:causae cur urbes perirent,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 19:peritura regna,
Verg. G. 2, 498:puppis,
Ov. F. 3, 600:Troja peritura,
Verg. A. 2, 660:pereunt sole tepente nives,
melt away, Ov. F. 3, 236:telum rubigine,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 13:comae,
Ov. Am. 1, 14, 30:fabae laeso flore,
id. F. 5, 267.—Of the crocus:gaudet calcari et atteri, pereundoque melius provenit,
Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 34.—In partic.1.To perish, lose one's life, die (class.): non intellego, quamobrem, si vivere honeste non possunt, perire turpiter velint;2.aut cur minore dolore perituros se cum multis, quam si soli pereant, arbitrentur,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21:summo cruciatu supplicioque,
id. N. D. 3, 33, 81:fame,
id. Inv. 2, 57, 172:eodem leto esse pereundum,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:morbo,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 86:naufragio,
Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:hominum manibus,
Verg. A. 3, 606:uterque juravit, periturum inter nos secretum,
that it should perish with us, Petr. 21:ab Hannibale,
at his hands, Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189:perire turpiter,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21:fortiter,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 42:generosius,
id. C. 1, 37, 21:a morbo,
Nep. Reg. 3, 3.—To pine away with love, to be desperately in love; to love to desperation ( poet.):3.indigno cum Gallus amore peribat,
Verg. E. 10, 10; Cat. 45, 3:quo beatus Vulnere, quā pereat sagittā,
Hor. C. 1, 27, 11:ipse Paris nudā fertur periisse Lacaenā,
Prop. 2, 12, 13.—With acc. of the beloved object, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 135.—To be lost, wasted, spent in vain:4.ne et oleum et opera perierit,
Cic. Att. 2, 17, 1:tempora,
Ov. R. Am. 107:labor,
id. M. 1, 273:nullus perit otio dies,
Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14:ne nummi pereant,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 133:minae,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 25:aurum,
Col. 11, 1, 29; cf.actiones,
Liv. 39, 18.—To be lost, ruined, undone:C.quid fieri tum potuit? jampridem perieramus,
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:meo vitio pereo,
id. ib. 11, 9, 1.—Hence, perii, etc., as an exclamation of despair, I am lost! I'm undone! hei mihi, disperii! vocis non habeo satis:vicini, interii, perii,
Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 36:perii, interii, occidi! quo curram! quo non curram?
id. Aul. 4, 9, 1:perii animo,
am disheartened, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26; cf.:ingenio perii,
Ov. Tr. 2, 2; Lucr. 4, 1136:periimus, actum est,
we are lost, it is all over with us, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26:perierat et inventus est,
Vulg. Luc. 24, 32; 15, 6.—So, peream, si, nisi, in asseverations, may I perish, may I die, if or if not, Ov. H. 17, 183; Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 4; Ov. P. 3, 5, 47; id. H. 17, 183.— Gerund and gerundive:nisi illud perdo argentum, pereundum est mihi,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 91; Prop. 2, 1, 53:pereundi figurae,
Ov. H. 10, 81:pereundi terminus,
Sil. 3, 559:puppis pereunda est probe,
must be lost, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 70.—Trop., of moral qualities, etc.:pudor periit,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 81:fides,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 24:virtus,
Ov. F. 2, 227. -
2 per-eō
per-eō iī or (rarely) īvī (perīt, Iu.; perīstī, Pr.; perīsse, L., O.), itūrus, īre, to pass away, come to nothing, vanish, disappear, be lost: ecqua inde perisset soror, T.: ne vena periret aquae, O.: lymphae Dolium pereuntis, H.—To pass away, be destroyed, perish: tantam pecuniam tam brevi tempore perire: totum exercitum periturum, N.: Fac pereat vitreo miles ab hoste tuus (at chess), let your knight be taken by a pawn, O.: causae cur perirent (urbes), H.: peritura regna, V.: pereunt sole tepente nives, melt away, O.: telum robigine, H.—To perish, lose life, die: turpiter: ut intellegeres statim tibi esse pereundum: naufragio: hominum manibus, V.: gener<*>sius, H.: a morbo, N.: pereundi mille figurae, forms of death, O.—Fig., to pine away, fall desperately in love: indigno cum Gallus amore peribat, V: quā pereat sagittā, H. —To be lost, fail, be wasted, be spent in vain: ne et oleum et opera perierit: quia multis actiones et res peribant, lawsuits and property were lost, L.: labor, O.: ne nummi pereant, H.: minae, T.—To be lost, be ruined, be undone: meo vitio pereo.— Esp. 1st pers., as an exclamation of despair, I am lost! I'm undone!: ingenio perii, O.: periimus, actum est, we are lost, it is all over with us, T.: peream, si, etc., may I die, if, etc., O.—Fig., of moral qualities, to be lost: virtus, O.: clament periisse pudorem, H.