intereo

Latin

Etymology

From inter- (“between, among”) +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈte.re.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈte.re.o/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːreo]

Verb

intereō (present infinitive interīre, perfect active interiī or interīvī, supine interitum); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive

1. (intransitive) to go among, become lost in
2. (intransitive) to disappear, vanish

   Synonyms: cedō, discedō, decēdō, concēdō, excēdō, pereō

   Antonyms: cresco, exorior, orior, coorior, oborior, appāreō, pāreō, ēmergō, procedo

3. (intransitive) to be ruined, undone
4. (intransitive) to 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 (2003-2024), 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire
    
  • to be ruined, undone: ad interitum ruere