intereo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interīre			—			interiēns			—
future		interitūrum esse			—			interitūrus			—
perfect		interīsse			—			—			—
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 (2003-2025), 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