intereo
Latin
Etymology
From inter- (“between, among”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈte.re.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛreoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈte.re.o/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːreo]
Verb
intereō (present infinitive interīre, perfect active interiī or interīvī, supine interitum); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive
- (intransitive) I go among, become lost in.
- (intransitive) I disappear, vanish.
- Synonyms: cedō, discedō, decēdō, concēdō, excēdō, pereō
- Antonyms: cresco, exorior, orior, coorior, oborior, appāreō, pāreō, ēmergō, procedo
- (intransitive) I am ruined, undone.
- (intransitive) I die.
- Synonyms: morior, pereō, occumbō, dēfungor, exspīrō, dēcēdō, cadō, occidō, discēdō, dēficiō
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to interiī, but occasionally appears as interīvī. A past passive participle interitus (“destroyed”) exists.
| Conjugation of intereō (irregular, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | intereō | interīs | interit | interīmus | interītis | intereunt |
| imperfect | interībam | interībās | interībat | interībāmus | interībātis | interībant | |
| future | interībō | interībis | interībit | interībimus | interībitis | interībunt | |
| perfect | interiī, interīvī | interīstī, interīvistī | interiit, interīvit | interiimus | interīstis | interiērunt, interiēre | |
| pluperfect | interieram | interierās | interierat | interierāmus | interierātis | interierant | |
| future perfect | interierō | interieris | interierit | interierimus | interieritis | interierint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inteream | intereās | intereat | intereāmus | intereātis | intereant |
| imperfect | interīrem | interīrēs | interīret | interīrēmus | interīrētis | interīrent | |
| perfect | interierim | interierīs | interierit | interierīmus | interierītis | interierint | |
| pluperfect | interīssem | interīssēs | interīsset | interīssēmus | interīssētis | interīssent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | interī | — | — | interīte | — |
| future | — | interītō | interītō | — | interītōte | intereuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | interīre | interīsse | interitūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | interiēns | — | interitūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| intereundī | intereundō | intereundum | intereundō | interitum | interitū | ||
References
- “intereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- intereo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “intereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire
- to be ruined, undone: ad interitum ruere
- to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire