retergeo
Latin
Etymology
From re- + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
- (transitive) I wipe out, clear, cleanse.
Conjugation
Related terms
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.