"peritus"

[falmouth]

A quick query - can one ever use "peritus" (the perf. pass. part. of
pereo) = dead (or is pereo wholly intransitive)? If so, this would be
short 'i' as opposed to 'peritus' = skilled, long-'i'?

[au...@gellius.demon.co.uk]

Peritus with a short i meaning dead might occur in a certain kind of mediaeval author, I suppose...

[falmouth]

Thanks, Leofranc. I was interested in the extent to which a classical
author could pun on "peritus" / "pereo", specifically whether someone
said to be "in amore... peritus" (Prop. 2.34.80) could be intended to
evoke someone who was described as both "amore peribat" (Ecl. 10.10)
and "periturus amore" (Prop. 1.13.33) (and by the time of Prop. 2.34
well and truly dead) - NB at 2.34.80 Prop. seems to be still talking
about the Georgics.

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