perdo

Noun

 * 1) loss

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to destroy, ruin, wreck
 * 2) to waste, squander
 * 3) * 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".
 * 1) to have no more, to be deprived of
 * 2) to lose utterly, suffer loss
 * 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".
 * 1) to have no more, to be deprived of
 * 2) to lose utterly, suffer loss
 * 1) to lose utterly, suffer loss
 * 1) to lose utterly, suffer loss
 * 1) to lose utterly, suffer loss

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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


 * Complete conjugation, in later Latin: