detergebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detergeo, detergere, detersi, detersus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wipe/clean off/away; strip/trim/sheer/break/sweep off, rub/wipe clean; cancel;; remove, take away; break to pieces; have swept off;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...unum aduersus arcem. Arietibus muros quatiebat; asseribus falcatis detergebat pinnas. Oppidanos primo et ad speciem et ad ictus..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium naue, aut proram lacerabat, aut remos detergebat, aut libero inter ordines discursu praeteruecta in puppim impetum dabat..."