abstergeo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • abstergō

Etymology

From ab- (“away from”) +‎ tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

Verb

abstergeō (present infinitive abstergēre, perfect active abstersī, supine abstersum); second conjugation

  1. to wipe off or away; dry by wiping
    Synonyms: tergeō, luō, pūrgō, putō, effingō
    Antonyms: inquinō, polluō, maculō, scelerō, contingō
  2. (figuratively) to wipe away, drive away, banish, expel, dispel

Conjugation

  • In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
   Conjugation of abstergeō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abstergeō abstergēs absterget abstergēmus abstergētis abstergent
imperfect abstergēbam abstergēbās abstergēbat abstergēbāmus abstergēbātis abstergēbant
future abstergēbō abstergēbis abstergēbit abstergēbimus abstergēbitis abstergēbunt
perfect abstersī abstersistī abstersit abstersimus abstersistis abstersērunt,
abstersēre
pluperfect absterseram absterserās absterserat absterserāmus absterserātis absterserant
future perfect absterserō absterseris absterserit absterserimus absterseritis absterserint
passive present abstergeor abstergēris,
abstergēre 		abstergētur abstergēmur abstergēminī abstergentur
imperfect abstergēbar abstergēbāris,
abstergēbāre 		abstergēbātur abstergēbāmur abstergēbāminī abstergēbantur
future abstergēbor abstergēberis,
abstergēbere 		abstergēbitur abstergēbimur abstergēbiminī abstergēbuntur
perfect abstersus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect abstersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect abstersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abstergeam abstergeās abstergeat abstergeāmus abstergeātis abstergeant
imperfect abstergērem abstergērēs abstergēret abstergērēmus abstergērētis abstergērent
perfect absterserim absterserīs absterserit absterserīmus absterserītis absterserint
pluperfect abstersissem abstersissēs abstersisset abstersissēmus abstersissētis abstersissent
passive present abstergear abstergeāris,
abstergeāre 		abstergeātur abstergeāmur abstergeāminī abstergeantur
imperfect abstergērer abstergērēris,
abstergērēre 		abstergērētur abstergērēmur abstergērēminī abstergērentur
perfect abstersus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect abstersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — abstergē — — abstergēte —
future — abstergētō abstergētō — abstergētōte abstergentō
passive present — abstergēre — — abstergēminī —
future — abstergētor abstergētor — — abstergentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present abstergēre abstergērī abstergēns —
future abstersūrum esse abstersum īrī abstersūrus abstergendus
perfect abstersisse abstersum esse — abstersus
future perfect — abstersum fore — —
perfect potential abstersūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
abstergendī abstergendō abstergendum abstergendō abstersum abstersū

Descendants

  • Catalan: abstergir
  • English: absterge, absterse
  • French: absterger
  • Italian: astergere
  • Portuguese: absterger
  • Spanish: absterger

References

  • “abstergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “abstergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abstergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to banish all sad thoughts: omnem luctum plane abstergere
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