noun · neuterthird declension
tergus
tergus n (genitive tergoris)
Classical[ˈtɛr.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛr.ɡus]
Meaning
- neuterback, rear
- neuterhide, skin
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tergus | tergora |
| genitive | tergoris | tergorum |
| dative | tergorī | tergoribus |
| accusative | tergus | tergora |
| ablative | tergore | tergoribus |
| vocative | tergus | tergora |
tergus, ŏris, v. tergum.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tergus oris, n
TRAG-, the back, body, trunk : resecat de tergore (suis) partem, of a chine of bacon , O.: diviso tergore (iuvenci), Ph.— A skin, hide, leather : Tergora deripiunt costis, V.: Gestasset laevā taurorum tergora septem, seven layers of hide (as a shield), O.
Origins
Alternative form of tergum n (“back; hide”), possibly by blending with an originally separate tegus, tegoris.