English → Latin
“wipe” in Latin
tergeōto rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse; to polish, burnish; to tickle, whetdētergeōto wipe off, wipe away, clean by wiping; to chase away, drive away, remove; to strip off, break offextergeōto wipe out, off or away; wipe dry, clean; to strip clean, plunder, scourabstergeōto wipe off or away; dry by wiping; to wipe away, drive away, banish, expel, dispelsiccōto dry, drain, exhaustexsiccōto dry up; to empty (a bottle)pertergeōto wipe off, wipe dry, clean, cleanse; to rub, brush or touch against gently
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wipe
tergere: detergere: extergere (to remove by wiping, to clean while wiping): abstergere (to wipe away). To wipe one’s hands, manus tergere or sibi extergere.
To dry, siccare: exsiccare. To wipe away one’s tears, lacrimas abstergere: to wipe one’s nose, se emungere.
To wipe out, extergere: pertergere (to clean by wiping): exstinguere: delere (to wipe out anything written). To wipe out with one’s tongue, lingua delere (Suet., Cal., 20).
To clean, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wipe?
- The usual Latin words for “wipe” are tergeō, dētergeō, extergeō; also abstergeō, siccō, exsiccō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.