clean out

dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:

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.

To wipe off, wipe away (class.).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

To take away, remove:

fastidia,

Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—

To cleanse, purge:

animum helleboro,

Petr. 88, 4;

secula foedo victu,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—

In colloq. lang., of money:

primo anno LXXX. detersimus,

have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—

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.

ē-mundo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to clean out, make quite clean (a favorite word of Columella; not in Juv. 14, 67, where the right reading is emendat):

bubilia,

Col. 2, 15, 7; cf. id. 9, 14, 7; 11, 2, 71:

humum,

id. 6, 30, 2:

pennas gallinae,

id. 8, 4, 4:

vinum,

to purify, id. 12, 23, 2; cf.

segetes,

id. 11, 2, 7 al. —

Trop., to cleanse, purify from sin (eccl. Lat.):

conscientiam nostram,

Vulg. Hebr. 9, 14 et saep.

verro, verri, versum ( perf. versi, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 59:

verri,

Charis. p. 218; Prisc. p. 900; neither form in use, acc. to Macr. D. Diff. 23, 8), 3, v. a. [root var-; cf. vello], to scrape, sweep, brush, scour; to sweep out, sweep up or together, clean out, etc. (syn.: tergo, tergeo).

Lit.:

nigras favillas,

Ov. F. 2, 523:

argentum inter reliqua purgamenta,

Petr. 34:

quicquid de Libycis verritur areis,

i. e. is collected, Hor. C. 1, 1, 10:

aedes,

to sweep out, cleanse by sweeping, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63, so, templa, Sen. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 475 P.:

pavimentum,

Juv. 14, 60:

vias,

Suet. Calig. 43; id. Vesp. 5.— Absol.:

qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, qui spargunt,

Cic. Par 5, 2, 37.—

Stratae passim matres crinibus templa verrentes,

Liv. 3, 7, 8:

crinibus passis aras verrentes,

id. 26, 9, 7; Sil. 6, 561; Claud. Laud. Seren 225; cf. poet.:

aequora caudis (delphines),

Verg. A. 8, 674:

harenas caudā,

Ov. M. 10, 701.—Of fishermen:

retibus aequor,

Sil. 14, 262 sq.; Manil. 4, 285:

caesariem longa per aequora,

Ov. M. 13, 961; so,

canitiem suam concreto in sanguine,

dragging, draggling, trailing, id. ib. 13, 492.—

Transf.

In gen., to sweep along, drive, impel ( poet.);

verrunt (venti) nubila caeli,

Lucr. 1, 279:

verrentes aequora venti,

id. 5, 266; 5, 388; 6, 624; so,

aequora,

Verg. A. 5, 778; Cat. 64, 7: caerula Verg. A. 3, 208:

remis vada,

id. ib. 6, 320; Luc. 5, 572; cf. Lucr. 5, 1227: nec nostra Actiacum verreret ossa mare, drive or toss about, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 44 (Müll. verteret).—

To sweep away, i. e. to drag away, take away, carry off (rare but class.): domi quicquid habet, verritur exô, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

quicquid ponitur, hinc et inde verris,

Mart. 2, 37, 1. futurum ut omnia verreret Verres, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 55 Spald.:

inter reliqua purgamenta scopis coepit verrere,

Petr. 34.—

To obliterate, cover, hide, conceal (post-Aug. and poët.):

si decet aurata Bacchum vestigia palla Verrere,

Stat. Achill. 1, 262; so,

vestigia,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.

ē-verro, verri, versum, 3, v. a., to sweep out (class.).

Lit.:

stercus ex aede Vestae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 32 Müll.; cf.:

purgamenta salsamentorum officinis,

Col. 8, 17, 12: aedes, Titin. ap. Non. 192, 11:

solum stabuli,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

everrere et purgare stabula,

Col. 7, 4, 5:

domum,

Vulg. Luc. 15, 8.— Poet.:

aequor retibus,

Manil. 4, 285, v. verro.—

Transf., of cleansing a wound:

egestis vel eversis omnibus, quae tumorem moverant,

Veg. Vet. 3, 30 fin. —

Trop., to clean out, plunder completely, Plaut. Truc. prol. 21;

so in a sarcastic pun applied to Verres: o Verria praeclara!... quod fanum non eversum atque extersum reliqueris?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21 fin.; cf. everriculum, II.

dē-purgo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to clean out, cleanse (rare):

prata,

Cato R. R. 50, 1:

acina,

id. ib. 112, 2:

terram ab herba,

id. 151:

caules lactucae,

Col. 12, 9, 1:

sordes,

id. 9, 14, 13:

pisces,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 35.—

Esp. as med. t. t., to cleanse, clear, purge:

eas partes ex quibus sputa feruntur,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 110; so absol.:

aquae genus, quod potionibus depurgat,

Vitr. 8, 3, 5.

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sincērus, a, um, adj. [sin- = sim-, v. simplex; root in Sanscr. sama, whole, together; and root skir-, Sanscr. kir-, pour out], clean, pure, sound, not spoiled, uninjured, whole, entire, real, natural, genuine, sincere (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: simplex, verus, incorruptus).

Lit.:

omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris (internoscere),

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

aliquem ab omni incommodo, detrimento, molestiā sincerum integrumque conservare,

unharmed, unhurt, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

corpus (with sine vulnere),

Ov. M. 12, 100; cf.

pars,

id. ib. 1, 191:

membra,

Lucr. 3, 717:

porci sacres,

sound, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; cf. in comp.: cum jam me sinceriore corpusculo factum diceret (medicus), Gell. 18, 10, 4: sincerum tergum... corium sincerissimum, clear (of weals), Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 51 sq.; cf.

so, corium,

id. Most. 4, 1, 13:

vas,

clean, Hor. S. 1, 3, 56; id. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

ex amphorā primum quod est sincerissimum effluit,

Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

lac,

Col. 7, 8, 1; so,

Amineum,

id. 12, 47, 6:

crocus,

Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

axungia,

id. 28, 9, 37, § 135:

gemma (opp. sordium plena),

id. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

propria et sincera et tantum sui similis gens,

unmixed, pure, Tac. G. 4; so,

populus,

id. H. 4, 64 fin.; Suet. Aug. 40:

nobilitas,

Liv. 4, 4, 7:

nitor,

Sen. Ep. 66, 46.— Comp.: lux sincerior, App. de Mundo, p. 58, 29.—

Sincerum, adverb.:

non sincerum sonĕre,

that it does not ring clearly, is not genuine, Lucr. 3, 873.—

Trop.:

Atheniensium semper fuit prudens sincerumque judicium,

sound, uncorrupted, Cic. Or. 8, 25:

nihil erat in ejus (Cottae) oratione nisi sincerum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:

esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior,

Gell. 13, 26, 3; so,

sincera gratia sermonis Attici,

Quint. 10, 1, 65:

sincera et integra natura,

Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

animus,

Sen. Cons. Helv. 11, 6:

vir,

id. Ep. 73, 4:

opiniones,

id. ib. 94, 68:

Minerva,

pure, chaste, Ov. M. 8, 664:

sincerum equestre proelium,

unmixed, pure, Liv. 30, 11:

non sincerum gaudium praebere,

not unmixed, not undisturbed, id. 34, 41; so,

gaudium,

id. 44, 44:

gaudium sincerius,

Just. 10, 1, 3:

voluptas,

Ov. M. 7, 453:

fama,

unblemished, Gell. 6, 8, 5:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus,

honest, candid, upright, Cic. Brut. 83, 287; cf.:

Fabii Annales, bonae atque sincerae vetustatis libri,

Gell. 5, 4, 1.— Sup.:

Q. Claudius optimus et sincerissimus scriptor,

Gell. 15, 1, 4:

verus atque sincerus Stoicus,

id. 1, 2, 7 et saep.:

mirabilia multa, nihil simplex, nihil sincerum,

natural, genuine, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2:

nihil est jam sanctum neque sincerum in civitate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

aliquid non sinceri,

id. Div. 2, 57, 118:

fides,

Liv. 39, 2, 1:

concordia,

Tac. A. 3, 64:

caritas,

id. ib. 2, 42.—Hence, advv.

sincērē, uprightly, honestly, well, frankly, sincerely: sincere dicere, * Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 97:

satin' ego oculis utilitatem obtineo sincere, an parum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 28:

sincere et ex animo dicere,

Cat. 109, 4: pronunciare, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20: agere, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9:

administrare provincias,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.— Comp., Gell. 6 (7), 3, 55.— Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Volus. 3 fin. —

sincērĭter, sincerely:

aliquid cupere,

Gell. 13, 16, 1; Cod. Just. 8, 28, 10.

ē-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash out, rinse out; to wash off, wash clean (class.).

Lit.:

vascula,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:

patinas,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 66:

argentum (the silver vessels, the plate),

id. Ps. 1, 2, 29:

bacas immundas,

Col. 12, 52, 21; 6, 3, 4:

os,

Cels. 3, 4:

maculas vestium,

Plin. 20, 8, 28, § 72; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46; id. Sest. 29, 63:

purpureum colorem omnibus undis,

Lucr. 6, 1077; so,

colorem,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; cf.

atramentum,

Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43:

aliquid ex aqua,

Cels. 7, 21 fin.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

se asinino lacte,

Cels. 4, 24 et saep.—

Transf.

To purify: vasa eluto auro, of pure gold (al. elato), Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

To clear, to lay bare:

Ponticum Phasim et stagna Maeotidis (sc. avibus),

Col. 8, 8, 10.—

In Plautus (like elavo, II.), to strip one's self of, to get rid of, squander one's property, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 21 sq.; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21;

of money lavished on expensive baths: elutum in balineis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5.—

Trop., to dispose of, remove, clear, or wash away, etc.:

ut centurionum profusus sanguis eluatur: num elui praedicatio crudelitatis potest?

Cic. Phil. 12, 6; cf.:

infectum scelus sub gurgite vasto,

Verg. A. 6, 742:

crimen,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

vitia,

Quint. 2, 3, 2 et saep.:

tales amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,

i. e. to get rid of, Cic. Lael. 21; cf.:

amara curarum (cadus),

Hor. C. 4, 12, 20.—

To cleanse, purify, make pure or clear:

mentes maculatas crimine,

Sil. 11, 200; cf. Sen. Ep. 59:

mentem,

Lact. 5, 19, 34.—Hence, ēlūtus, a, um, P. a., washed out, i. e. watery, insipid; in the comp.:

irriguo nihil est elutius horto (= magis fatuum),

Hor. S. 2, 4, 16:

(spodi) elutior vis est,

Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129.

ef-fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a., orig., to work out by pressing = fingendo exprimere, ekmassein (v. fingo).—Hence,

To form, fashion (artistically—class.; most freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: formo, informo, conformo, fingo, reddo, instituo, etc.).

Lit.:

oris lineamenta in tabula: Veneris Coae pulchritudinem aspersione fortuita,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

sui dissimilia,

id. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

deum imagines in species hominum,

Tac. H. 5, 5 et saep.— Poet.:

(Daedalus) casus alicujus in auro,

Verg. A. 6, 32; cf. id. ib. 10, 640; Luc. 5, 713:

horrentes effingens crine galeros,

Sil. 1, 404.—

Trop., to express, represent, portray:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in ea penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

Cic. Leg. 1, 9; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. de Or. 2, 43 fin.; Tac. A. 11, 14; Quint. 6, 2, 17:

oratorem effingere (connected with corpora fingendo efficere),

id. 5, 12, 21:

effinge aliquid et excude (sc. scribendo), quod sit perpetuo tuum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 4:

imaginem virtutis,

to represent by imitation, Quint. 10, 2, 15; cf. id. 10, 1, 108; 11, 3, 89 sq.; Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.—Of the conception of external objects:

visum impressum effictumque ex eo, unde esset,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61; id. de Or. 2, 86 fin. —

To wipe clean, wipe out (only in the foll. passages):

fiscinas spongia effingat,

Cato R. R. 67, 2 (for which: fiscinas spongia tergendas, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22):

spongiis sanguinem,

Cic. Sest. 35 fin., v. Halm ad h. l.—

To rub gently, stroke:

manus,

Albin. Cons. ad Liv. 138; Ov. H. 20, 134 (for which: manus fingere, id. F. 5, 409).

ē-mungo, nxi, nctum, 3 ( perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti), v. a., to wipe or blow the nose.

Lit.:

se,

Auct. Her. 4, 54; Auct. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Also mid.: ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 18:

emungeris,

Juv. 6, 147.—

Transf.

In gen.:

tu ut oculos emungare ex capite per nasum tuos,

i. e. that your eyes may be knocked out, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 39: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, clean-nosed, i. e. of nice discernment, keen, acute, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,

emunctae naris (Lucilius),

Hor. S. 1, 4, 8; cf.:

limati quidam (Attici) et emuncti,

i. e. fine, delicate, Quint. 12, 10, 17.—

In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. apomussein (v. Lidd. and Scott sub h. v.), to cheat one out of his money:

auro emunctus,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

emunxi argento senes,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 19;

and simply, aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 50; id. Ep. 3, 4, 58; id. Most. 5, 1, 60 sq.; Poëta ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Hor. A. P. 238.

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ē-lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lōtum, 1, v. a., to wash out or away, to wash clean (very rare; not in the Cic. per.).

Lit.:

elota cerussa,

Cels. 6, 6, no. 3:

elota oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 21.—

Transf.:

elautae ambae sumus opera Neptunia,

washed in the sea, wrecked, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 37; so, in mari elavare, to wash or bathe in the sea, i. e. to be shipwrecked, ruined, id. ib. 2, 7, 21; 5, 2, 20.— Hence, trop.: nos mare acerrumum: nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis, have lost, been stripped of property, id. As. 1, 2, 9 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7, the true reading is elutum, Ritschl, Brix).