perdiderint
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perdo, perdere, perdidi, perditus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
ruin, destroy; lose; waste;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...artus porrigitur tenuique includit bracchia pinna; nec qua perdiderint veterem ratione figuram, scire sinunt tenebrae: non illas pluma..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quas' inquit 'fidas tibi credis ituro, Perdiderint undae nomina quanta, vides?' Ergo age, fallaci timide confide figurae, Quisquis..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quorum vitio ad hoc tempus tantam pecuniam Nicomedenses perdiderint, ne, dum inter se gratificantur, et incohaverint aquae ductus..."