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
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...unum aduersus arcem. Arietibus muros quatiebat; asseribus falcatis detergebat pinnas. Oppidanos primo et ad speciem et ad ictus..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium naue, aut proram lacerabat, aut remos detergebat, aut libero inter ordines discursu praeteruecta in puppim impetum dabat..."