extergeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex- +‎ tergeō (rub or wipe off, cleanse).

Pronunciation

Verb

extergeō (present infinitive extergēre, perfect active extersī, supine extersum); second conjugation

  1. to wipe out, off or away; wipe dry, clean
  2. to strip clean, plunder, scour

Conjugation

  • In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.

References

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