detersus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dētergeō (“to wipe off; to drive away; to break off”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈter.sus/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈter.sus/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛrsus]

Participle

dētersus (feminine dētersa, neuter dētersum); first/second-declension participle

1. wiped off, wiped away
2. chased away, driven off
3. stripped off, broken off

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dētersus	dētersa	dētersum		dētersī	dētersae	dētersa
genitive	dētersī	dētersae	dētersī		dētersōrum	dētersārum	dētersōrum
dative	dētersō	dētersae	dētersō		dētersīs
accusative	dētersum	dētersam	dētersum		dētersōs	dētersās	dētersa
ablative	dētersō	dētersā	dētersō		dētersīs
vocative	dēterse	dētersa	dētersum		dētersī	dētersae	dētersa