tergore
Dictionary entries
- Entry →terg, tergoris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
back (animal, meat); ridge, raised surface; far side; covering (animal/organ);; back; skin, hide, leather;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
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..."