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intereo

intereo, to go among, be lost

BWL

non interire animas, sed ad alios transire credunt
they believe that souls do not die, but pass over to others
intĕr-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum (perf. -īvi, Ap. Met. 7, 7, 18; sync. -issent, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20 al.), 4, v. n.—Prop., to go among several things, so as no longer to be perceived (class.).
  • I Lit.: ut interit magnitudine maris stilla muriae, becomes lost in it, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: saxa venis, become lost among them, mingle with them, Sever. Aetn. 450. —
  • II Trop., to perish, to go to ruin or decay, to die: non intellego, quomodo, calore exstincto, corpora intereant, Cic. N. D. 3, 14: omnia fato Interitura gravi, Ov. M. 2, 305: segetes, Verg. G. 1, 152: salus urbis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55: litterae, id. Att. 1, 13: pecunia, Nep. Them. 2: interit ira morā, ceases, Ov. A. A. 1, 374: possessio, Dig. 41, 2, 44.—
    • B To be ruined, mostly in first pers. perf.: interii, I am ruined, undone: hei mihi disperii! ... interii, perii, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 36 (1028): omnibus exitiis interii, id. Bacch. 5, 17 (1103): interii! cur mihi id non dixti? Ter. Hec. 322: qui per virtutem peritat, non interit, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 32 (690).— Hence, intĕrĭtus, a, um, Part., perished, destroyed (ante- and post-class.): multis utrinque interitis, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.; Sid. Ep. 2, 10.

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