interitus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of intereō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈtɛ.rɪ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈtɛː.ri.tus]
Participle
interitus (feminine interita, neuter interitum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | interitus | interita | interitum | interitī | interitae | interita | |
| genitive | interitī | interitae | interitī | interitōrum | interitārum | interitōrum | |
| dative | interitō | interitae | interitō | interitīs | |||
| accusative | interitum | interitam | interitum | interitōs | interitās | interita | |
| ablative | interitō | interitā | interitō | interitīs | |||
| vocative | interite | interita | interitum | interitī | interitae | interita | |
Etymology 2
From intereō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Pronunciation
- interitus:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈtɛ.rɪ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈtɛː.ri.tus]
- interitūs:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈtɛ.rɪ.tuːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈtɛː.ri.tus]
Noun
interitus m (genitive interitūs); fourth declension
- overthrow, fall, annihilation, ruin, destruction, dissolution
- Synonyms: exstīnctiō, perniciēs, pestis, clādēs, vulnus, incommoditās, calamitās, cāsus, īnfortūnium, exitium
- extinction
- Synonym: exstīnctiō
- death
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | interitus | interitūs |
| genitive | interitūs | interituum |
| dative | interituī | interitibus |
| accusative | interitum | interitūs |
| ablative | interitū | interitibus |
| vocative | interitus | interitūs |
Further reading
- “intĕrĭtus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intĕrĭtus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interitus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “intĕrĭtus, -a, um / intĕrĭtŭs, -ūs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "interitus, -us", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
- to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare