detergeo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈter.ɡe.oː/, [deːˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]
Verb
dētergeō (present infinitive dētergēre, perfect active dētersī, supine dētersum); second conjugation
- I wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping.
- (figuratively) I chase away, drive away, remove.
- I strip off, break off.
Inflection
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
Derived terms
- dētersiō
- dētersus
Related terms
Descendants
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
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