per-bīto, ĕre, v. n.
I To go over to a place (ante - class.), Pac. ap. Non. 153, 24: utinam te ... malo cruciatu in Siciliam perbiteres, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 12.—
II To perish : ne fame perbitat, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 153, 28 (Trag. Rel. p. 3 Rib.); so, fame, Caecil. ap. Non. 391, 22 (Com. Rel. p. 61 Rib.); Enn. and Titin. ap. Non. 153, 26 and 30 (cf. Enn. Trag. v. 240 Vahl.; Com. Rel. p. 117 Rib.): qui per virtutem perbitat, non interit, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 32 dub. (Fleck. perit, at): cruciatu maximo, id. Ps. 3, 1, 12; cf.: perbitere Plautus pro perire posuit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.