tergilla

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of tergus (“back, rear”).

Noun

tergilla f (genitive tergillae); first declension

1. The skin, sward or rind of pork

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tergilla	tergillae
Genitive	tergillae	tergillārum
Dative	tergillae	tergillīs
Accusative	tergillam	tergillās
Ablative	tergillā	tergillīs
Vocative	tergilla	tergillae

References

• “tergilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tergilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.