detersis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...accuratiusque sine magna iam formidine siccavi penitus atque detersi cruorem. Illa tunc mea opera et medella levatus pede..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...tricliniarches experrectus lucernis occidentibus oleum infuderat, et pueri detersis paulisper oculis redierant ad ministerium, cum intrans cymbalistria..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...aestus firmavique animos blandisque madentia plumis lumina detersi. quotiens mihi questus Apollo sic vatem maerere suum! iam, mater..."