tergus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) and possibly τράχηλος (trákhēlos), English drag, draw, trigger, track and Latin trahō.

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Particularly: “The putative PIE *tragh- is discussed s.v. traho, which is correctly uncertain where this one is blithely confident. Needs to be rephrased by an expert to show possibilities and doubts.”

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡus]

Noun edit

tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension

back, rear
hide, skin

Declension edit

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tergus	tergora
Genitive	tergoris	tergorum
Dative	tergorī	tergoribus
Accusative	tergus	tergora
Ablative	tergore	tergoribus
Vocative	tergus	tergora

Derived terms edit

tergum

References edit

“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.