extergeo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === extergō === Etymology === From ex- +‎ tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈstɛr.ɡe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈstɛr.d͡ʒe.o] === Verb === extergeō (present infinitive extergēre, perfect active extersī, supine extersum); second conjugation to wipe out, off or away; wipe dry, clean to strip clean, plunder, scour ==== Conjugation ==== In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “extergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “extergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “extergeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.