intereo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *ənter

Latin inter

Latin inter-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Italic *ejō

Proto-Italic *eō

Latin eō

Latin intereō

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛ.re.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛː.re.o]

Verb

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

(intransitive) to go among, become lost in
(intransitive) to disappear, vanish
Synonyms: cedō, discedō, decēdō, concēdō, excēdō, pereō

Antonyms: cresco, exorior, orior, coorior, oborior, appāreō, pāreō, ēmergō, procedo
(intransitive) to be ruined, undone
(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 conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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, interiistī, interīvistī		interiit, interīvit	interiimus, interīvimus	interīstis, interiistis, interīvistis		interiērunt, interiēre, interīvērunt, interīvēre
	pluperfect	interieram, interīveram	interierās, interīverās		interierat, interīverat	interierāmus, interīverāmus	interierātis, interīverātis		interierant, interīverant
	future perfect	interierō, interīverō	interieris, interīveris		interierit, interīverit	interierimus, interīverimus	interieritis, interīveritis		interierint, interīverint
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	inteream	intereās		intereat	intereāmus	intereātis		intereant
	imperfect	interīrem	interīrēs		interīret	interīrēmus	interīrētis		interīrent
	perfect	interierim, interīverim	interierīs, interīverīs		interierit, interīverit	interierīmus, interīverīmus	interierītis, interīverītis		interierint, interīverint
	pluperfect	interīssem, interiissem, interīvissem	interīssēs, interiissēs, interīvissēs		interīsset, interiisset, interīvisset	interīssēmus, interiissēmus, interīvissēmus	interīssētis, interiissētis, interīvissētis		interīssent, interiissent, interīvissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	interī		—	—	interīte		—
active	future	—	interītō		interītō	—	interītōte		intereuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		interīre		—		interiēns		—
future		interitūrum esse		—		interitūrus		—
perfect		interīsse, interiisse, interīvisse		—		—		—
perfect potential		interitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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 (2003-2026), 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