abstergeo
Latin
Alternative forms
- abstergō
Etymology
From ab- (“away from”) + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈster.ɡe.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛrɡeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈster.d͡ʒe.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]
Verb
abstergeō (present infinitive abstergēre, perfect active abstersī, supine abstersum); second conjugation
- I wipe off or away; dry by wiping.
- Synonyms: tergeō, luō, pūrgō, putō, effingō
- Antonyms: inquinō, polluō, maculō, scelerō, contingō
- (figuratively) I wipe away, drive away, banish, expel, dispel.
Conjugation
- In surviving Classical sources, the passive voice is limited to the third-person forms.
| Conjugation of abstergeō (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | abstergeō | abstergēs | absterget | abstergēmus | abstergētis | abstergent |
| imperfect | abstergēbam | abstergēbās | abstergēbat | abstergēbāmus | abstergēbātis | abstergēbant | |
| future | abstergēbō | abstergēbis | abstergēbit | abstergēbimus | abstergēbitis | abstergēbunt | |
| perfect | abstersī | abstersistī | abstersit | abstersimus | abstersistis | abstersērunt, abstersēre | |
| pluperfect | absterseram | absterserās | absterserat | absterserāmus | absterserātis | absterserant | |
| future perfect | absterserō | absterseris | absterserit | absterserimus | absterseritis | absterserint | |
| passive | present | abstergeor | abstergēris, abstergēre | abstergētur | abstergēmur | abstergēminī | abstergentur |
| imperfect | abstergēbar | abstergēbāris, abstergēbāre | abstergēbātur | abstergēbāmur | abstergēbāminī | abstergēbantur | |
| future | abstergēbor | abstergēberis, abstergēbere | abstergēbitur | abstergēbimur | abstergēbiminī | abstergēbuntur | |
| perfect | abstersus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | abstersus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | abstersus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | abstergeam | abstergeās | abstergeat | abstergeāmus | abstergeātis | abstergeant |
| imperfect | abstergērem | abstergērēs | abstergēret | abstergērēmus | abstergērētis | abstergērent | |
| perfect | absterserim | absterserīs | absterserit | absterserīmus | absterserītis | absterserint | |
| pluperfect | abstersissem | abstersissēs | abstersisset | abstersissēmus | abstersissētis | abstersissent | |
| passive | present | abstergear | abstergeāris, abstergeāre | abstergeātur | abstergeāmur | abstergeāminī | abstergeantur |
| imperfect | abstergērer | abstergērēris, abstergērēre | abstergērētur | abstergērēmur | abstergērēminī | abstergērentur | |
| perfect | abstersus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | abstersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | abstergē | — | — | abstergēte | — |
| future | — | abstergētō | abstergētō | — | abstergētōte | abstergentō | |
| passive | present | — | abstergēre | — | — | abstergēminī | — |
| future | — | abstergētor | abstergētor | — | — | abstergentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | abstergēre | abstersisse | abstersūrum esse | abstergērī | abstersum esse | abstersum īrī | |
| participles | abstergēns | — | abstersūrus | — | abstersus | abstergendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| abstergendī | abstergendō | abstergendum | abstergendō | abstersum | abstersū | ||
Related terms
- circumtergeō
- dētergeō
- extergeō
- pertergeō
- retergeō
- tergeō
Descendants
- Catalan: abstergir
- English: absterge, absterse
- French: absterger
- Italian: astergere
- Portuguese: absterger
- Spanish: absterger
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to banish all sad thoughts: omnem luctum plane abstergere
- to banish all sad thoughts: omnem luctum plane abstergere