tersit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tergeo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →tergo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse (sometimes tergeo);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...furoris fonte Cinyphio scelus sub axe Libyco tersit et dextram abluit. quo, misera, pergis? cur tuas damnas manus..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...manus, digitosque paululum adspersos in capite pueri tersit. [XXVIII] Longum erat singula excipere. Itaque intravimus balneum, et sudore..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...moribunda seges palluit. nullus imber sitientis soli pulverem tersit, nulla super arentes campos saltem umbra nubium pependit. calidi..." 
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...abiecere madentes, sicut erant, clipeos, nec quisquam spicula tersit, nec laudauit equum, nitidae nec cassidis altam compsit adornauitque..."