tergens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tergeo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →tergo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse (sometimes tergeo);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Herculis uxor ad cyathos et iam siccato nectare tergens bracchia Volcanus Liparaea nigra taberna; prandebat sibi quisque deus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...periscelides tortae phaecasiaeque inauratae. Tunc sudario manus tergens, quod in collo habebat, applicat se illi toro..."