tergum ī, n
TRAG-,
the back
: manibus ad tergum reiectis: tergo poenas pendere,
T.: tergo ac capite puniri, L.:
recurvum (of the dolphin), O.—
The back part, reverse, hinder part, rear
: Praebere Phoebo terga,
to sun itself
, O.: Terga Parthorum dicam,
the flight
, O.: terga vincentium, Ta.:
libri in tergo necdum finitus Orestes,
written on the back
, Iu.—In phrase, a tergo or post tergum,
behind, in the rear
: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur: ut a tergo Milonem
adorirentur,
behind
: tumultum hostilem a tergo accepit, S.:
post tergum hostium legionem ostenderunt,
Cs.: qui iam post terga reliquit Sexaginta
annos,
has passed
, Iu.: tot amnibus montibusque post tergum
obiectis, Cu.—With
verto or do, to turn the back, turn back, take flight, run away, flee,
retreat
: omnes hostes terga verterunt, Cs.:
qui plures simul terga dederant, etc., L.:
terga fugae praebere, O.: terga praestare (fugae), Ta.—
The back, surface
: proscisso quae suscitat aequore terga,
V.: amnis, O. —Of an
animal,
the body
: (serpens) Squamea convolvens sublato pectore
terga, V.: horrentia centum Terga
suum, i. e.
head of swine
, V.: perpetuo tergo bovis, V.—
The covering of the back, skin, hide, leather
: Taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo,
ox-hide
, V.: venti bovis inclusi tergo, i. e.
in a bag of bull's hide
, O.: Et feriunt molles taurea terga
manūs, i. e.
tymbals
, O.: rupit Terga novena boum, i. e.
the nine thicknesses of bull's hide
, O.: per linea terga (scuti),
V.
