abstergeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• abstergō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈster.ɡe.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛrɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈster.d͡ʒe.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abstergēre	abstersisse	abstersūrum esse	abstergērī	abstersum esse	abstersum īrī
participles		abstergēns	—	abstersūrus	—	abstersus	abstergendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abstergendī	abstergendō	abstergendum	abstergendō	abstersum	abstersū

Related terms

• circumtergeō
• dētergeō
• extergeō
• pertergeō
• retergeō
• tergeō

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