tersus
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε → but you, stop now and catch your breath | but do thou now stand, and get thy breath
Latin > English
tersus tersa, tersum ADJ :: neat, spruce
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tersus: a, um, Part. of tergeo.
tersus: ūs, m. tergeo,
I a wiping off, cleansing (Appuleian): lintea tersui profer, App. M. 1, p. 113, 2: tersui dentium petere aliquid, i.e. for tooth-powder, id. Mag. p. 277, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) tersus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 part. de tergeo
2 adjt, a) propre, net : Pl. St. 745 ; Ov. M. 2, 736 ; b) [fig.] pur, élégant, soigné : tersior Quint. 10, 1, 93, auteur plus correct, plus châtié ; judicium tersum Quint. 12, 10, 28, goût pur ; tersissimus Stat. S. 2, pr., 3
(2) tersŭs, ūs, m., nettoiement, essuyage : Apul. M. 1, 23 ; Apol. 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) tersus1, a, um, PAdi. (v. tergeo), abgewischt, I) eig., rein, sauber, mulier, Plaut. Stich. 745: plantae, Ov. met. 2, 736: erat sollicitus, si (ob) pavimenta tersa, Hieron. epist. 60, 12. – II) übtr., fehlerfrei, nett, opus, Plin.: praefationes, Plin. ep.: auctor, Quint.: iudicium, Quint. – tersior est Horatius, Quint.: vir in iudicio tersissimus, Stat. – / Andere Form tertus, a, um, Varro sat. Men. 169.
(2) tersus2, Dat. uī, m. (tergeo), das Abwischen, Abputzen, Abreiben, Apul. met. 1, 23; apol. 6.
