deterso
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. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quibus si adsumatur solida ac uirilis ingenii uis deterso rudis saeculi squalore, tum noster hic cultus clarius enitescet..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...foeda vastitate procumbunt. Datur intueri pulcherrimas aedes, deterso situ auctas ac vigentes. Magnum hoc tuum non erga homines..."