tergus

== Latin == === Etymology === Alternative form of tergum n (“back; hide”), possibly by blending with an originally separate tegus, tegoris. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.ɡus] === Noun === tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension back, rear hide, skin ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). === References === === Further reading === “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, 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.