I.v a.
I. To destroy, ruin (so only in the part. perf., and rare): “sator inopia deperditus,” i. e. impoverished, Phaedr. 1, 14, 1: “ut est deperditus Io,” i. e. desperately in love, Prop. 2, 30, 29 (3, 28, 29 M.); cf. “amore,” Suet. Dom. 3: “deperditum intelligitur, quod in rerum natura esse desiit,” Gai. Dig. 5, 3, 21.—More freq. and class.,
II. To lose: “qui non solum bona sed etiam honestatem miseri deperdiderunt,” Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11: “nihil sui,” Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8: “vitalem sensum,” Lucr. 3, 526: “folia (arbores),” Plin. 16, 22, 34, § 82: “colorem,” id. 37, 8, 33, § 112 al.: “gratiam,” Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 9: “tantum ejus opinionis,” Caes. B. G. 5, 54 fin.: “bonam famam,” Hor. S. 1, 2, 61: “usum linguae,” Ov. M. 5, 562 al.: “ne quid ex his deperdat,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 14; cf.: “paucos ex suis (nostri),” Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.: “ne quid apud vos de existimatione sua deperderet,” Cic. Font. 9, 19; so, “quid de libertate,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: “nihil de jure civitatis,” id. Caecin. 35, 102: “paululum admodum de celeritate (stilus),” Quint. 10, 7, 24: “ne quid Summa deperdat metuens, aut ampliet ut rem,” Hor. S. 1, 4, 32: “quod ex naufragio expulsum est ... non est in derelicto, sed in deperdito,” Dig. 41, 2, 21; cf. ib. 5, 3, 21 (for the pass. of deperdo, depereo is used).—Hence, * dēperdĭtus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), corrupt, abandoned, Gell. 5, 1, 3.
