dē-tergĕo — Lewis & Short
dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:
I
detergis,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375:
detergantur,Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo), v. a.
I To wipe off, wipe away (class.).
A Lit.:
sudorem frontis brachio,Suet. Ner. 23; cf.:
lacrimas pollice,Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.:
teneros fletus stamine,Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375:
araneas,Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.—Poet.:
nubila,i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—
2 Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out:
caput pallio,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20:
labra spongiā,Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.:
se linguā,id. 6, 6, 1:
frontem unguento,Petr. 47, 1:
falces fibrina pelle,Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265:
cloacas,Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic:
mensam,i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—
B Trop.
1 To take away, remove:
fastidia,Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—
2 To cleanse, purge:
animum helleboro,Petr. 88, 4;
secula foedo victu,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—
3 In colloq. lang., of money:
primo anno LXXX. detersimus,have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—
II To strip off, break off; to break to pieces:
remos,Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.:
pinnas asseribus falcatis,id. 38, 5:
palmites,Col. 4, 27 fin.