I.inf. extergere, Vulg. Johan. 13, 5; praes. extergimus, id. Luc. 10, 11: extergunt, id. Baruch, 6, 12; praes. subj. pass. extergantur, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 22), v. a., to wipe out or off, to wipe dry, wipe (mostly ante- and post-class.).
I. Lit.: “extergeto spongia bene,” Cato, R. R. 162, 3: “columnas, pavimenta, podia spongiis, Dig. l. l.: coronas,” Vitr. 7, 3: “baxeas,” Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 40; cf. id. Rud. 5, 2, 12; 14; 17: “manus,” id. Most. 1, 3, 110: aera extersa rubiginem celerius trahunt, Plin. 34, 9, 21, § 99.—*