tersus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of tergō (“I rub, wipe off, clean”).
Participle
tersus m (feminine tersa, neuter tersum); first/second declension
- clean, neat, rubbed or wiped (off), cleansed, having been cleansed
- (figuratively) pure, correct, nice, terse, spruce, neat
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tersus | tersa | tersum | tersī | tersae | tersa | |
| Genitive | tersī | tersae | tersī | tersōrum | tersārum | tersōrum | |
| Dative | tersō | tersae | tersō | tersīs | tersīs | tersīs | |
| Accusative | tersum | tersam | tersum | tersōs | tersās | tersa | |
| Ablative | tersō | tersā | tersō | tersīs | tersīs | tersīs | |
| Vocative | terse | tersa | tersum | tersī | tersae | tersa | |
Descendants
- English: terse
- Italian: terso
- Old French: ters
- Portuguese: terso
- Spanish: terso
Etymology 2
From tergō (“I rub, wipe off, clean”).
Noun
tersus m (genitive tersūs); fourth declension
- a wiping off, cleansing
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tersus | tersūs |
| Genitive | tersūs | tersuum |
| Dative | tersuī | tersibus |
| Accusative | tersum | tersūs |
| Ablative | tersū | tersibus |
| Vocative | tersus | tersūs |
References
- tersus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tersus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tersus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette