LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

extergeō

extergeō (present infinitive extergēre, perfect active extersī, supine extersum)
Classical[ɛkˈstɛr.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstɛr.d͡ʒe.o]

Meaning

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

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.extergeōextergēbamextergēbōextersīexterseramexterserō
2nd sg.extergēsextergēbāsextergēbisextersistīexterserāsexterseris
3rd sg.extergetextergēbatextergēbitextersitexterseratexterserit
1st pl.extergēmusextergēbāmusextergēbimusextersimusexterserāmusexterserimus
2nd pl.extergētisextergēbātisextergēbitisextersistisexterserātisexterseritis
3rd pl.extergentextergēbantextergēbuntextersērunt
extersēre		exterserantexterserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.extergeamextergēremexterserimextersissem
2nd sg.extergeāsextergērēsexterserīsextersissēs
3rd sg.extergeatextergēretexterseritextersisset
1st pl.extergeāmusextergērēmusexterserīmusextersissēmus
2nd pl.extergeātisextergērētisexterserītisextersissētis
3rd pl.extergeantextergērentexterserintextersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.extergeorextergēbarextergēbor
2nd sg.extergēris
extergēre		extergēbāris
extergēbāre		extergēberis
extergēbere
3rd sg.extergēturextergēbāturextergēbitur
1st pl.extergēmurextergēbāmurextergēbimur
2nd pl.extergēminīextergēbāminīextergēbiminī
3rd pl.extergenturextergēbanturextergēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.extergearextergērer
2nd sg.extergeāris
extergeāre		extergērēris
extergērēre
3rd sg.extergeāturextergērētur
1st pl.extergeāmurextergērēmur
2nd pl.extergeāminīextergērēminī
3rd pl.extergeanturextergērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.extergēextergēre
pres. 2nd pl.extergēteextergēminī
fut. 2nd sg.extergētōextergētor
fut. 3rd sg.extergētōextergētor
fut. 2nd pl.extergētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.extergentōextergentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveextergēreextergērī
perfect infinitiveextersisseextersum esse
future infinitiveextersūrum esseextersum īrī
present participleextergēns
extergente, extergentem, extergentēs, extergentī, extergentia, extergentibus, extergentis, extergentīs, extergentium		—
perfect participle—extersus
future participleextersūrusextergendus
extergenda, extergendā, extergendae, extergendam, extergendārum, extergendās, extergende, extergendīs, extergendōrum, extergendōs
gerundextergendī, extergendō, extergendumsupineextersum, extersū

ex-tergeo, si, sum, 2; also ex-tergo, 3 (
I. inf. extergere, Vulg. Johan. 13, 5; praes. extergimus, id. Luc. 10, 11: extergunt, id. Baruch, 6, 12; praes. subj. pass. extergantur, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 22), v. a., to wipe out or off, to wipe dry, wipe (mostly ante- and post-class.).
I. Lit.: extergeto spongia bene, Cato, R. R. 162, 3: columnas, pavimenta, podia spongiis, Dig. l. l.: coronas, Vitr. 7, 3: baxeas, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 40; cf. id. Rud. 5, 2, 12; 14; 17: manus, id. Most. 1, 3, 110: aera extersa rubiginem celerius trahunt, Plin. 34, 9, 21, § 99.—*
II. Transf., to strip clean, to plunder: o Verria praeclara! ... quod fanum non eversum atque extersum reliqueris? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinextergeō

Latin ex- Latin tergeō Latin extergeō From ex- + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).

Quick answers

What does extergeō mean in Latin?
extergeō, a verb, means “to wipe out, off or away; wipe dry, clean; to strip clean, plunder, scour”.
What are the principal parts of extergeō?
extergeō, extergēre, extersī, extersum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce extergeō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈstɛr.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈstɛr.d͡ʒe.o].
Where does extergeō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin extergeō.