LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

retergeō

retergeō (present infinitive retergēre, perfect active retersī, supine retersum)
Classical[rɛˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈtɛr.d͡ʒe.o]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto wipe out, clear, cleanse

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.retergeōretergēbamretergēbōretersīreterseramreterserō
2nd sg.retergēsretergēbāsretergēbisretersistīreterserāsreterseris
3rd sg.retergetretergēbatretergēbitretersitreterseratreterserit
1st pl.retergēmusretergēbāmusretergēbimusretersimusreterserāmusreterserimus
2nd pl.retergētisretergēbātisretergēbitisretersistisreterserātisreterseritis
3rd pl.retergentretergēbantretergēbuntretersērunt
retersēre
reterserantreterserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.retergeamretergēremreterserimretersissem
2nd sg.retergeāsretergērēsreterserīsretersissēs
3rd sg.retergeatretergēretreterseritretersisset
1st pl.retergeāmusretergērēmusreterserīmusretersissēmus
2nd pl.retergeātisretergērētisreterserītisretersissētis
3rd pl.retergeantretergērentreterserintretersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.retergeorretergēbarretergēbor
2nd sg.retergēris
retergēre
retergēbāris
retergēbāre
retergēberis
retergēbere
3rd sg.retergēturretergēbāturretergēbitur
1st pl.retergēmurretergēbāmurretergēbimur
2nd pl.retergēminīretergēbāminīretergēbiminī
3rd pl.retergenturretergēbanturretergēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.retergearretergērer
2nd sg.retergeāris
retergeāre
retergērēris
retergērēre
3rd sg.retergeāturretergērētur
1st pl.retergeāmurretergērēmur
2nd pl.retergeāminīretergērēminī
3rd pl.retergeanturretergērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.retergēretergēre
pres. 2nd pl.retergēteretergēminī
fut. 2nd sg.retergētōretergētor
fut. 3rd sg.retergētōretergētor
fut. 2nd pl.retergētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.retergentōretergentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveretergēreretergērī
perfect infinitiveretersisseretersum esse
future infinitiveretersūrum esseretersum īrī
present participleretergēns—
perfect participle—retersus
retersa, retersā, retersae, retersam, retersārum, retersās, reterse, retersīs, retersō, retersōrum, retersōs
future participleretersūrus
retersūra, retersūrā, retersūrae, retersūram, retersūrārum, retersūrās, retersūre, retersūrī, retersūrīs, retersūrō, retersūrōrum, retersūrōs, retersūrum
retergendus
retergenda, retergendā, retergendae, retergendam, retergendārum, retergendās, retergende, retergendīs, retergendōrum, retergendōs
gerundretergendī, retergendō, retergendumsupineretersum, retersū

rĕ-tergeo, si, 2, v. a.,
I. to wipe out, cleanse, clear (late Lat.).
I. Lit.: vulnera, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 107.—
II. Transf.: fossas ruderibus obrutas, Amm. 29, 6, 11.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinretergeō

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

Quick answers

What does retergeō mean in Latin?
retergeō, a verb, means “to wipe out, clear, cleanse”.
What are the principal parts of retergeō?
retergeō, retergēre, retersī, retersum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce retergeō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈtɛr.d͡ʒe.o].
Where does retergeō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin retergeō.