circumtergeo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From circum- + tergeō (“rub or wipe off, cleanse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈter.ɡe.oː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈt̪ɛrɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈter.d͡ʒe.o/, [t͡ʃirkun̪ˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒeo]
Verb edit
circumtergeō (present infinitive circumtergēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to wipe around
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “circumtergeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumtergeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.