tersas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tersus, tersa, tersum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
neat, spruce;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →tergeo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →tergo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse (sometimes tergeo);
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ingenium muliebre: bene cum lauta est, tersa ornata ficta est, infecta est tamen; nimioque sibi mulier meretrix repperit..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata, vorsa sparsa, tersa strata, lautaque unctaque omnia ut sint. nam mi hodie..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ille me doctissimo sermone revocavit ad studia. Quam tersa omnia, quam Latina, quam Graeca! Nam tantum utraque lingua..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tamquam diu scripserit. Sermo Graecus, immo Atticus; praefationes tersae graciles dulces, graves interdum et erectae. Poscit controversias plures..."