erase Copy link Outline 1. ērādo, si, sum, 3 (to scratch out)2. dēleo., 23. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to obliterate by drawing the flat end of the stylus across)4. oblĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense) • erase: 1. ērādo, si, sum, 3 (to scratch out): to e. any one's name from the senatorian roll, aliquem senatorio albo e., Tac. Ann. 4., 42, fin. 2. dēleo., 2: v. TO BLOT OUT. 3. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to obliterate by drawing the flat end of the stylus across): v. to cancel. 4. oblĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense): Gell. (Extinguere quae scripserat, in Verr. 2, 70, 172, is not to erase [R. and A.], but to destroy documents altogether.) See also foll. art.