tergum

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tergum (back, rear; surface).

Noun

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tergum (plural terga)

  1. (entomology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.

Derived terms

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Latin

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Etymology

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From tergus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tergum n (genitive tergī); second declension

  1. back, rear; surface
    tergum/terga verterebe on the run, to escape

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tergum terga
Genitive tergī tergōrum
Dative tergō tergīs
Accusative tergum terga
Ablative tergō tergīs
Vocative tergum terga

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: tergo

References

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  • tergum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tergum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tergum 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)
  • tergum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to flee, run away: terga vertere or dare
    • to run away from the enemy: terga dare hosti
    • (ambiguous) to attack the enemy in the rear: hostes a tergo adoriri
    • (ambiguous) to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)

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