extersus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈster.sus/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈster.sus/, [ekˈst̪ɛrsus]

Etymology 1

extergō (“to wipe, to clean”) +‎ -sus (action noun-forming suffix).

Noun

extersus m (genitive extersūs); fourth declension

1. wiping, cleaning

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	extersus	extersūs
genitive	extersūs	extersuum
dative	extersuī	extersibus
accusative	extersum	extersūs
ablative	extersū	extersibus
vocative	extersus	extersūs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

extersus (feminine extersa, neuter extersum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect participle of extergeo
2. perfect participle of extergo

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	extersus	extersa	extersum		extersī	extersae	extersa
genitive	extersī	extersae	extersī		extersōrum	extersārum	extersōrum
dative	extersō	extersae	extersō		extersīs
accusative	extersum	extersam	extersum		extersōs	extersās	extersa
ablative	extersō	extersā	extersō		extersīs
vocative	exterse	extersa	extersum		extersī	extersae	extersa

Descendants

• Aromanian: ashcersu
• Romanian: șters

References

• “extersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extersus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.