abstersit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abstergeo, abstergere, abstersi, abstersus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wipe off/clean/away, clean away, cleanse, strip off; banish, expel, dispel;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →abstergo, abstergere, abstersi, abstersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wipe off/clean/away, clean away, cleanse, strip off; banish, expel, dispel;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...sciebat neminem id ausurum puri oris; at ille abstersit faciem et subridens ait comitanti se magistratui: 'admone istum..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...Lentulus ille patrum nostrorum memoria factiosus et inpotens, abstersit faciem et 'adfirmabo' inquit 'omnibus, Lentule, falli..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...umquam negatum est, cuius lacrimas sollicita semper mater abstersit, cui de paedagogo satisfactum est. 7. Non uides..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...flebo laetum, neminem flentem: ille lacrimas meas ipse abstersit, hic suis lacrimis effecit ne ullis dignus..."