detergeo
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”), tergō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈter.ɡe.oː/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɛrɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈter.d͡ʒe.o/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]
Verb
dētergeō (present infinitive dētergēre, perfect active dētersī, supine dētersum); second conjugation, no passive
- I wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping.
- (figuratively) I chase away, drive away, remove.
- I strip off, break off.
Conjugation
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
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References
- “detergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.