retergeo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈter.ɡe.oː/, [rɛˈt̪ɛrɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈter.d͡ʒe.o/, [reˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]

Verb

retergeō (present infinitive retergēre, perfect active retersī, supine retersum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to wipe out, clear, cleanse

Conjugation

Conjugation of retergeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	retergeō	retergēs	reterget	retergēmus	retergētis	retergent
	imperfect	retergēbam	retergēbās	retergēbat	retergēbāmus	retergēbātis	retergēbant
	future	retergēbō	retergēbis	retergēbit	retergēbimus	retergēbitis	retergēbunt
	perfect	retersī	retersistī	retersit	retersimus	retersistis	retersērunt, retersēre
	pluperfect	reterseram	reterserās	reterserat	reterserāmus	reterserātis	reterserant
	future perfect	reterserō	reterseris	reterserit	reterserimus	reterseritis	reterserint
passive	present	retergeor	retergēris, retergēre	retergētur	retergēmur	retergēminī	retergentur
	imperfect	retergēbar	retergēbāris, retergēbāre	retergēbātur	retergēbāmur	retergēbāminī	retergēbantur
	future	retergēbor	retergēberis, retergēbere	retergēbitur	retergēbimur	retergēbiminī	retergēbuntur
	perfect	retersus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	retersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	retersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	retergeam	retergeās	retergeat	retergeāmus	retergeātis	retergeant
	imperfect	retergērem	retergērēs	retergēret	retergērēmus	retergērētis	retergērent
	perfect	reterserim	reterserīs	reterserit	reterserīmus	reterserītis	reterserint
	pluperfect	retersissem	retersissēs	retersisset	retersissēmus	retersissētis	retersissent
passive	present	retergear	retergeāris, retergeāre	retergeātur	retergeāmur	retergeāminī	retergeantur
	imperfect	retergērer	retergērēris, retergērēre	retergērētur	retergērēmur	retergērēminī	retergērentur
	perfect	retersus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	retersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	retergē	—	—	retergēte	—
	future	—	retergētō	retergētō	—	retergētōte	retergentō
passive	present	—	retergēre	—	—	retergēminī	—
	future	—	retergētor	retergētor	—	—	retergentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		retergēre	retersisse	retersūrum esse	retergērī	retersum esse	retersum īrī
participles		retergēns	—	retersūrus	—	retersus	retergendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		retergendī	retergendō	retergendum	retergendō	retersum	retersū

Related terms

• abstergeō
• circumtergeō
• dētergeō
• extergeō
• pertergeō
• tergeō

References

• “retergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.