perish Copy link Outline 1. pĕreo, 4, irr. (most gen. term)2. intĕreo, 4, irr. (strictly, to be lost; comp. Cic. Fin. 3, 14, init., interit [= disappears] magnitudine maris Aegaei stilla muriae3. occĭdo, di, cāsum, 3 (to fall, go to ruin; be cut off)4. pass. of exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to cut off utterly)5. intercīdo, di, 3 (mostly poet. = intereo) • perish: 1. pĕreo, 4, irr. (most gen. term): the whole army would p., totum exercitum periturum, Nep. Epam. 7: cities p. from their very foundations, p. funditus urbes, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 9: they threw themselves into the river and p.'d there, se in flumen praecipitaverunt atque ibi perierunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 15. In asseverations, may I p., if ..., peream, si ..., Ov. H. 16 (17), 183: so, dispeream, Hor. S. 1, 9, 47. Less. freq. is comp. dēpĕreo, 4 (to p. completely): a great part of that army has utterly p.'d, illius exercitus magna pars deperiit, Caes. B. C. 3, 87: Cic. 2. intĕreo, 4, irr. (strictly, to be lost; comp. Cic. Fin. 3, 14, init., interit [= disappears] magnitudine maris Aegaei stilla muriae: whereas pereo is to come to an end, be absolutely destroyed): the crops p. (lost among the weeds), int. segetes, Virg. G. 1, 152: in gen. sense, to p. by famine or sword, fame aut ferro int., Caes. B. G. 5, 30. 3. occĭdo, di, cāsum, 3 (to fall, go to ruin; be cut off): to p. by the sword, ferro oc., Virg. Aen. 2, 581: so, in proelio (proeliantem) oc., Cic. Fam. 9, 5. Join: occidere et exstingui, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23. 4. pass. of exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to cut off utterly): a (whole) house has p.'d utterly, gens ab stirpe exstincta est, Liv. 9, 34, med.: Cic. Join: exstingui atque tolli [of the laws], Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5. 5. intercīdo, di, 3 (mostly poet. = intereo): he was an augur; his name has p.'d with length of years, augur erat; nomen longis intercidit annis, Ov. F. 2, 443: Plin.