tergor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tergo, tergere, tersi, tersus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse (sometimes tergeo);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Inuia Sarmaticis domini lorica sagittis et Martis Getico tergore fida magis, quam uel ad Aetolae securam cuspidis ictus..."- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fauentibus. Primum sceptriferis colla Tonantibus taurus celsa ferat tergore candido; Lucinam niuei femina corporis intemptata iugo placet..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...picturae varios super addit honores. hic sperata <. . . . . > Tyrrheni tergore piscis Peleos in thalamos vehitur Thetis; aequora delphin corripit..."- P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...suis nigro pendentia tigno servatoque diu resecat de tergore partem exiguam sectamque domat ferventibus undis. interea medias fallunt..."