tergeo
Latin
Alternative forms
- tergō
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *terg-, extended from *terh₁- (“to rub”) (whence terō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡe.oː/, [ˈtɛr.ɡe.oː]
Verb
tergeō (present infinitive tergēre, perfect active tersī, supine tersum); second conjugation
- I rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse
- I polish, burnish
Inflection
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
| Conjugation of tergeo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tergeō | tergēs | terget | tergēmus | tergētis | tergent |
| imperfect | tergēbam | tergēbās | tergēbat | tergēbāmus | tergēbātis | tergēbant | |
| future | tergēbō | tergēbis | tergēbit | tergēbimus | tergēbitis | tergēbunt | |
| perfect | tersī | tersistī | tersit | tersimus | tersistis | tersērunt, tersēre | |
| pluperfect | terseram | terserās | terserat | terserāmus | terserātis | terserant | |
| future perfect | terserō | terseris | terserit | terserimus | terseritis | terserint | |
| passive | present | tergeor | tergēris, tergēre | tergētur | tergēmur | tergēminī | tergentur |
| imperfect | tergēbar | tergēbāris, tergēbāre | tergēbātur | tergēbāmur | tergēbāminī | tergēbantur | |
| future | tergēbor | tergēberis, tergēbere | tergēbitur | tergēbimur | tergēbiminī | tergēbuntur | |
| perfect | tersus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | tersus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | tersus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tergeam | tergeās | tergeat | tergeāmus | tergeātis | tergeant |
| imperfect | tergērem | tergērēs | tergēret | tergērēmus | tergērētis | tergērent | |
| perfect | terserim | terserīs | terserit | terserimus | terseritis | terserint | |
| pluperfect | tersissem | tersissēs | tersisset | tersissēmus | tersissētis | tersissent | |
| passive | present | tergear | tergeāris, tergeāre | tergeātur | tergeāmur | tergeāminī | tergeantur |
| imperfect | tergērer | tergērēris, tergērēre | tergērētur | tergērēmur | tergērēminī | tergērentur | |
| perfect | tersus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | tersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | tergē | — | — | tergēte | — |
| future | — | tergētō | tergētō | — | tergētōte | tergentō | |
| passive | present | — | tergēre | — | — | tergēminī | — |
| future | — | tergētor | tergētor | — | — | tergentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | tergēre | tersisse | tersūrus esse | tergērī | tersus esse | tersum īrī | |
| participles | tergēns | — | tersūrus | — | tersus | tergendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| tergēre | tergendī | tergendō | tergendum | tersum | tersū | ||
Derived terms
- abstergeō
- circumtergeō
- dētergeō
- extergeō
- mantēle/mantēlium
- manutergium
- pertergeō
- retergeō
- tersus
Descendants
- Spanish: terger
References
- tergeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tergeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1071