perii

Perii is a Latin verb form. It represents the first-person singular perfect active indicative of the verb perīre, meaning to perish or die. In classical Latin the form is written periī, with a long i; in modern, ASCII renderings it is commonly shown as perii. The perfect tense expresses a completed action in the past, so periī translates roughly as “I died” or, in a sense, “I have perished.”

Usage and context: perīre is an intransitive verb used to describe dying or destruction. Perii appears in narrative passages to state that the speaker has died. As a perfect form, it agrees with a first-person singular subject and is used in contexts ranging from historical narration to hypothetical or conditional statements, depending on surrounding clauses and syntax. Other persons and tenses of perīre are formed with the usual Latin verb endings, but those forms are not detailed here.

Notes on form: periī is one form within the broader perīre paradigm. The form is part of standard Latin grammar and is encountered in classical and later Latin texts. When consulting manuscripts or critical editions, the long i spelling periī is common, while some transcriptions substitute perii for simplicity.

See also: perīre; Latin verb conjugation; Latin grammar.