# perdo
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛr.du]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpɛr.do]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɛɾ.ðo]

### Verb

perdo
* first-person singular present indicative of perdre

## Esperanto
### Etymology

perdi +‎ -o

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

perdo (accusative singular perdon, plural perdoj, accusative plural perdojn)
* loss

## Galician
### Verb

perdo
* first-person singular present indicative of perder

## Italian
### Verb

perdo
* first-person singular present indicative of perdere

### Anagrams

* predo, predò, prode

## Latin
### Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ -dō (“put”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈper.doː/, [ˈpɛrd̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈper.do/, [ˈpɛrd̪o]

### Verb

perdō (present infinitive perdere, perfect active perdidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem (Classical) perdō (present infinitive perdere, perfect active perdidī, supine perditum); third conjugation (post-Classical)
* to destroy, ruin, wreck
    Synonyms: dēstruō, ruīnō, occīdō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, tollō, dīruō, aboleō, exscindō, accīdō, populor, interimō, impellō, sepeliō, absūmō, perimō, trucīdō
    Dī tē perduint!May the gods damn you!
    Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
* to waste, squander
    Synonyms: abūtor, conterō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō
** Suetonius writing of Titus
    Atque etiam recordatus quondam super cenam, quod nihil cuiquam toto die praestitisset, memorabilem illam meritoque laudatam vocem edidit: "Amici, diem perdidi".
       One evening at dinner, realizing that he had done nobody any favour throughout the entire day, he spoke these memorable words: "Friends, I have wasted a day".
** 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.2.13:verba miser frūstrā nōn prōficientia perdō.Wretched [as I am], vainly I waste words, making no progress.
* to have no more, to be deprived of
    Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, indigeō, careō, dēlinquō, dēficiō, cessō
    Antonyms: flōreō, abundō, affluō, niteō
* to lose utterly, suffer loss
    Synonym: āmittō

#### Usage notes

* Speakers of Classical Latin typically avoided the passive forms of this verb, using pereō instead.

#### Conjugation

* Classical Latin conjugation, without passive forms (note the alternative present subjunctive, especially common in Plautus):
* Complete conjugation, in later Latin:

#### Coordinate terms

* pereō

#### Derived terms

* dēperdō
* disperdō
* experdō
* perditē
* perditiō
* perditor
* perditus
* reperdō

#### Descendants

* Aragonese: perder
* Aromanian: cherdu, chiardiri
* Asturian: perder
* Catalan: perdre
* Corsican: perde, perda
* Dalmatian: piardro
* English: perdition
* Extremaduran: perdel
* Franco-Provençal: pèrdre
* French: perdre
* Friulian: pierdi
* Galician: perder
* Gallurese: paldì
* Istro-Romanian: pľerde
* Italian: perdere
* Ladin: perde, perder
* Leonese: perdere
* Ligurian: pèrde
* Middle French: perdre
* Mirandese: perder
* Navarro-Aragonese: perder
* Norman: perde (Guernsey), pèrdre (Jersey)
* Occitan: pèrder, pèrdre
* Old French: perdre
* Old Galician-Portuguese: perder
* Old Spanish: perder
* Picard: perde
* Piedmontese: perde
* Portuguese: perder
* Romanian: pierde, pierdere
* Romansch: perder, piarder, pearder
* Sardinian: peldere, peldiri, perdere, perdiri
* Sassarese: pirdhì
* Sicilian: pèrdiri
* Spanish: perder
* Venetan: pèrdar
* Walloon: piede

### References

* “perdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “perdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* perdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* perdo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus (ambiguous) to lose no time: tempus non amittere, perdere (ambiguous) to bring a man to ruin; to destroy: aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dare (ambiguous) to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere (ambiguous) to lose hope: spem perdere (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere