tergus

Latin

Etymology

Alternative form of tergum n (“back; hide”), possibly by blending with an originally separate tegus, tegoris.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension

  1. back, rear
  2. hide, skin

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative tergus tergora
genitive tergoris tergorum
dative tergorī tergoribus
accusative tergus tergora
ablative tergore tergoribus
vocative tergus tergora

References

  1. ^ Skutch, Otto (1985) The Annals of Ennius, edited with introduction and commentary, page 680

Further reading

  • “tergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "tergus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tergus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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