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..."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..."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..."