Italian

Verb

tergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tergere

Noun

tergo m ‎(plural terghi)

1. back
2. reverse (coin or medal)

Anagrams

• greto

Latin

Alternative forms

• tergeō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡoː/, [ˈtɛr.ɡoː]

Verb

tergō ‎(present infinitive tergere, perfect active tersī, supine tersum); third conjugation

1. Alternative form of tergeō

Inflection

Descendants

• Italian: tergere
• Ladin: terjer
• Old French: terdre

Noun

tergō

1. ablative singular of tergum

References

• tergo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tergo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere
    
  • (ambiguous) to attack the enemy in the rear: hostes a tergo adoriri
    
  • (ambiguous) to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)