detergeo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dē- (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”), tergō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈter.ɡe.oː/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɛrɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈter.d͡ʒe.o/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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.