verb transitive

dētergĕo

2nd PP dē-tergēre · 3rd PP dē-tergsi · 4th PP dē-tergsum · conj. 2nd

(also post-class.: detergis, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375: detergantur, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo)

To wipe off, wipe away

To wipe off, wipe away (class.).

to drive; chase away ••

Lit.: sudorem frontis brachio, Suet. Ner. 23; cf.: lacrimas pollice, Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.: teneros fletus stamine, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375: araneas, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.—Poet.: nubila, i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—

to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out by extension ••

Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out: caput pallio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20: labra spongiā, Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.: se linguā, id. 6, 6, 1: frontem unguento, Petr. 47, 1: falces fibrina pelle, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265: cloacas, Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic: mensam, i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—

figuratively

To take away, remove •

To take away, remove: fastidia, Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—

To cleanse, purge •

To cleanse, purge: animum helleboro, Petr. 88, 4; secula foedo victu, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—

In colloq. lang., of money: primo anno LXXX. detersimus, have swept off, got,… •

In colloq. lang., of money: primo anno LXXX. detersimus, have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—

To strip off, break off; to break to pieces •

To strip off, break off; to break to pieces: remos, Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.: pinnas asseribus falcatis, id. 38, 5: palmites, Col. 4, 27 fin.

Perseus ID: n13512 Key: detergeo