tergus

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Latin

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Etymology

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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.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
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

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Noun

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tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension

  1. back, rear
  2. hide, skin

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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.