deterges
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. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pocula torques saucius et rubra deterges uulnera mappa, inter uos quotiens libertorumque cohortem pugna Saguntina feruet commissa lagona..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...enormia, quam curiose infelices pueruli ebriorum sputa detergeant: ex his elegantiae lautitiaeque fama captatur et usque..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...colis beato nec sordere sinis malumque late deterges sterilis soli pudorem; ne me pulvereum gravemque caelo Tyrrheni sinus..."