tergo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɡo
• Hyphenation: tèr‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin tergum.

Noun

tergo m (plural terghi)

1. back
2. reverse (coin or medal)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tergere

Anagrams

• greto

Latin

Alternative forms

• tergeō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡo/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡo]

Verb

tergō (present infinitive tergere, perfect active tersī, supine tersum); third conjugation

1. Alternative form of tergeō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tergō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tergō		tergis		tergit		tergimus		tergitis		tergunt
	imperfect	tergēbam		tergēbās		tergēbat		tergēbāmus		tergēbātis		tergēbant
	future	tergam		tergēs		terget		tergēmus		tergētis		tergent
	perfect	tersī		tersistī		tersit		tersimus		tersistis		tersērunt, tersēre
	pluperfect	terseram		terserās		terserat		terserāmus		terserātis		terserant
	future perfect	terserō		terseris		terserit		terserimus		terseritis		terserint
passive	present	tergor		tergeris, tergere		tergitur		tergimur		tergiminī		terguntur
	imperfect	tergēbar		tergēbāris, tergēbāre		tergēbātur		tergēbāmur		tergēbāminī		tergēbantur
	future	tergar		tergēris, tergēre		tergētur		tergēmur		tergēminī		tergentur
	perfect	tersus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tergam		tergās		tergat		tergāmus		tergātis		tergant
	imperfect	tergerem		tergerēs		tergeret		tergerēmus		tergerētis		tergerent
	perfect	terserim		terserīs		terserit		terserīmus		terserītis		terserint
	pluperfect	tersissem		tersissēs		tersisset		tersissēmus		tersissētis		tersissent
passive	present	tergar		tergāris, tergāre		tergātur		tergāmur		tergāminī		tergantur
	imperfect	tergerer		tergerēris, tergerēre		tergerētur		tergerēmur		tergerēminī		tergerentur
	perfect	tersus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		terge		—		—		tergite		—
	future	—		tergitō		tergitō		—		tergitōte		terguntō
passive	present	—		tergere		—		—		tergiminī		—
	future	—		tergitor		tergitor		—		—		terguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tergere			tergī			tergēns			—
future		tersūrum esse			tersum īrī			tersūrus			tergendus, tergundus
perfect		tersisse			tersum esse			—			tersus
future perfect		—			tersum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tersūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tergendī		tergendō		tergendum		tergendō		tersum		tersū

Descendants

• Old French: terdre
  • French: terdre (dialectal)
• Ladin: terjer
• Italian: tergere
• Spanish: terger

Noun

tergō

1. ablative singular of tergum

References

• “tergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere
    
  • (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)