tegus

== English == === Noun === tegus plural of tegu === Anagrams === Guest, guest == Esperanto == === Verb === tegus conditional of tegi == Latin == === Etymology === Archaic alternative form of tergus n (“back; hide”). Possibly originally a distinct word that became blended with tergum. Alternatively, if tergus was original, tegus, tegor- might be a by-form derived by dissimilative loss of the first /r/ in tergor-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ɡus] === Noun === tegus n (genitive tegoris); third declension carcass; the back or trunk of an animal ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). === References === === Further reading === "tegus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tegus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.