extergeo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ex- + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈster.ɡe.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛrɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈster.d͡ʒe.o/, [ekˈst̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]
Verb
extergeō (present infinitive extergēre, perfect active extersī, supine extersum); second conjugation
Conjugation
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
Related terms
References
- “extergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.