detergeo
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”), tergō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈt̪ɛr.d͡ʒe.o]
Verb
dētergeō (present infinitive dētergēre, perfect active dētersī, supine dētersum); second conjugation, third person-only in the passive
- to wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping
- (figuratively) to chase away, drive away, remove
- to strip off, break off
Conjugation
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
Conjugation of dētergeō (second conjugation, third person-only in the passive)
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.