abstergeo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === abstergō === Etymology === From ab- (“away from”) + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈstɛr.ɡe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈstɛr.d͡ʒe.o] === Verb === abstergeō (present infinitive abstergēre, perfect active abstersī, supine abstersum); second conjugation to wipe off or away; dry by wiping Synonyms: tergeō, luō, pūrgō, putō, effingō Antonyms: inquinō, polluō, maculō, scelerō, contingō (figuratively) to wipe away, drive away, banish, expel, dispel ==== Conjugation ==== In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “abstergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abstergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “abstergeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.