wipe Copy link Outline 1. tergeo, si, sum, 22. dētergeo (to w. off, w. clean)3. extergeo4. abstergeo5. pertergeo (to w. thoroughly)6. sicco, 1 (to w. dry)7. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to w. or blot out) • wipe: 1. tergeo, si, sum, 2: to w. the forehead with a handkerchief, frontem sudario tergere, Quint. 6, 3, 60: to be washed or rubbed or w.d, lavari aut fricari aut tergeri, Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 10. 2. dētergeo (to w. off, w. clean): to w. the perspiration on his brow with his arm, sudorem frontis brachio d., Suet. Ner. 24: to w. the head with one's mantle, caput pallio d., Pl. Cas. 2, 3, 23. 3. extergeo: with which the shoes are w.d, qui extergentur baxeae, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 40. 4. abstergeo: to w. the lips, labellum a., Pl. Asin. 4, 1, 52. 5. pertergeo (to w. thoroughly): a slave w.d the table with a purple cloth, puer gausape purpureo mensam pertersit, Hor. S. 2, 8, 11. 6. sicco, 1 (to w. dry): to w. the forehead with a handkerchief, sudario frontem s., Quint. 11, 3, 148. 7. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to w. or blot out): to w. out writings with a sponge, delere scripta spongia, Suet. Cal. 20: to w. out their former disgrace, ad delendam priorem ignominiam, Liv. 39, 30. Phr.: to w. the nose, emungere se, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67.