tergum
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin tergum (“back, rear; surface”).
Noun edit
tergum (plural terga)
- (entomology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tergus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡum/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡum/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡum]
Noun edit
tergum n (genitive tergī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: tergo
References edit
- “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)
- to flee, run away: terga vertere or dare