detersos
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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..."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..."