Noun: tergum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | tergum |
| Plural | terga |
Genitive
| Singular | tergī |
| Plural | tergōrum |
Dative
| Singular | tergō |
| Plural | tergīs |
Accusative
| Singular | tergum |
| Plural | terga |
Ablative
| Singular | tergō |
| Plural | tergīs |
Vocative
| Singular | tergum |
| Plural | terga |
Sample Sentences
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tergum/terga vertere (be on the run, to escape)
Nouns inflected like tergum
palmētum,
miliardum,
rēctangulum,
bactērium,
frūctum,
melimēlum,
scītum,
scūtum,
lanthanum,
sertum,
sacrum,
pentaptōtum,
dēcrēmentum,
sorbum,
fundibulum,
alphabētum,
siglum,
signum,
flābrum,
nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unknown. De Vaan is skeptical of the proposal that it originally referred to the hair on an animal's back and was derived from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”) (compare *tr̥nós, *sterbʰ-). It has been speculated to be connected to one or more of Ancient Greek τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), or Latin trahō, with a debated connection to the root of English drag, draw. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
τράχηλος', Latin Nouns '
trahō', English Nouns '
drag'.
Verbs referencing "tergum"
Italian Nouns
tergo.
Translations