verbsecond conjugation, third person-only in the passive
dētergeō
dētergeō (present infinitive dētergēre, perfect active dētersī, supine dētersum)
Classical[deːˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈtɛr.d͡ʒe.o]
Meaning
- to wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping
- figurativelyto chase away, drive away, remove
- to strip off, break off
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētergeō | dētergēbam | dētergēbō | dētersī | dēterseram | dēterserō |
| 2nd sg. | dētergēs | dētergēbās | dētergēbis | dētersistī | dēterserās | dēterseris |
| 3rd sg. | dēterget | dētergēbat | dētergēbit | dētersit | dēterserat | dēterserit |
| 1st pl. | dētergēmus | dētergēbāmus | dētergēbimus | dētersimus | dēterserāmus | dēterserimus |
| 2nd pl. | dētergētis | dētergēbātis | dētergēbitis | dētersistis | dēterserātis | dēterseritis |
| 3rd pl. | dētergent | dētergēbant | dētergēbunt | dētersērunt dētersēre | dēterserant | dēterserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dētergeam | dētergērem | dēterserim | dētersissem |
| 2nd sg. | dētergeās | dētergērēs | dēterserīs | dētersissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dētergeat | dētergēret | dēterserit | dētersisset |
| 1st pl. | dētergeāmus | dētergērēmus | dēterserīmus | dētersissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dētergeātis | dētergērētis | dēterserītis | dētersissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dētergeant | dētergērent | dēterserint | dētersissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dētergētur | dētergēbātur | dētergēbitur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dētergentur | dētergēbantur | dētergēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dētergeātur | dētergērētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dētergeantur | dētergērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dētergē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dētergēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dētergētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dētergētō | dētergētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dētergētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dētergentō | dētergentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dētergēre | dētergērī |
| perfect infinitive | dētersisse | dētersum esse |
| future infinitive | dētersūrum esse | dētersum īrī |
| present participle | dētergēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dētersum dētersus |
| future participle | dētersūrus dētersūra, dētersūrā, dētersūrae, dētersūram, dētersūrārum, dētersūrās, dētersūre, dētersūrī, dētersūrīs, dētersūrō, dētersūrōrum, dētersūrōs, dētersūrum | dētergendum |
gerunddētergendī, dētergendō, dētergendumsupinedētersum, dētersū
dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:
I.
detergis, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375: detergantur, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo), v. a. I. To wipe off, wipe away (class.).
A. Lit.:
sudorem frontis brachio, Suet. Ner. 23; cf.: lacrimas pollice, Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.: teneros fletus stamine, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375: araneas, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.—Poet.: nubila, i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—2. Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out:
caput pallio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20: labra spongiā, Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.: se linguā, id. 6, 6, 1: frontem unguento, Petr. 47, 1: falces fibrina pelle, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265: cloacas, Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic: mensam, i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—B. Trop.
1. To take away, remove:
fastidia, Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—2. To cleanse, purge:
animum helleboro, Petr. 88, 4; secula foedo victu, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—3. In colloq. lang., of money:
primo anno LXXX. detersimus, have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—II. To strip off, break off; to break to pieces:
remos, Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.: pinnas asseribus falcatis, id. 38, 5: palmites, Col. 4, 27 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-tergeō
(plur. once detergunt, L.), sī, sus, ere, to wipe off, wipe away: lacrimas pollice, O.: nubila caelo, i. e. to clear, H.—To wipe, cleanse: volnera mappā, Iu.: cloacas, L.—To strip off, break off: remos, Cs.: asseribus pinnas, L.—Fig., to sweep off, get (colloq.): primo anno LXXX.
Origins
From dē- (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”), tergō.
Descendants
- Catalandetergir
- Englishdeterge
- Frenchdétergerfrom Middle French deterger
- Italiandetergere
- Spanishdeterger
- Portuguesedetergir
- Galiciandeterxer