rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse
Latin word, found 35 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 7.626: Pars levis clipeos et spicula lucida tergent
Ovid, Heroides 21.166: Spissaque de nitidis tergit amoma comis;
Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.132: fata” (manuque simul veluti lacrimantia tersit
All forms of tergeo