LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tersus

tersus m (genitive tersūs)

Meaning

  1. masculinea wiping off, cleansing

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetersustersūs
genitivetersūstersuum
dativetersuītersibus
accusativetersumtersūs
ablativetersūtersibus
vocativetersustersūs

tersus, a, um, Part. of tergeo.
tersus, ūs, m. tergeo,
I. a wiping off, cleansing (Appuleian): lintea tersui profer, App. M. 1, p. 113, 2: tersui dentium petere aliquid, i.e. for tooth-powder, id. Mag. p. 277, 2.

Origins

From tergō (“to rub, wipe off, clean”).

Quick answers

What does tersus mean in Latin?
tersus, a noun, means “a wiping off, cleansing”.
What is the genitive of tersus?
The genitive singular is tersūs. tersus is masculine, fourth declension.