tergus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alternative form of tergum n (“back; hide”), possibly by blending with an originally separate tegus, tegoris.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡus]
Noun
[edit]tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tergus | tergora |
| genitive | tergoris | tergorum |
| dative | tergorī | tergoribus |
| accusative | tergus | tergora |
| ablative | tergore | tergoribus |
| vocative | tergus | tergora |
References
[edit]- ^ Skutch, Otto (1985) The Annals of Ennius, edited with introduction and commentary, page 680
Further reading
[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.