tergo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɡo
• Hyphenation: tèr‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin tergum.

Noun

tergo m (plural terghi)

1. back
2. reverse (coin or medal)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tergere

Anagrams

• greto

Latin

Alternative forms

• tergeō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ɡo/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡo]

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of tergeō

Conjugation

Conjugation of tergō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tergō	tergis	tergit	tergimus	tergitis	tergunt
	imperfect	tergēbam	tergēbās	tergēbat	tergēbāmus	tergēbātis	tergēbant
	future	tergam	tergēs	terget	tergēmus	tergētis	tergent
	perfect	tersī	tersistī	tersit	tersimus	tersistis	tersērunt, tersēre
	pluperfect	terseram	terserās	terserat	terserāmus	terserātis	terserant
	future perfect	terserō	terseris	terserit	terserimus	terseritis	terserint
passive	present	tergor	tergeris, tergere	tergitur	tergimur	tergiminī	terguntur
	imperfect	tergēbar	tergēbāris, tergēbāre	tergēbātur	tergēbāmur	tergēbāminī	tergēbantur
	future	tergar	tergēris, tergēre	tergētur	tergēmur	tergēminī	tergentur
	perfect	tersus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tersus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tersus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tergam	tergās	tergat	tergāmus	tergātis	tergant
	imperfect	tergerem	tergerēs	tergeret	tergerēmus	tergerētis	tergerent
	perfect	terserim	terserīs	terserit	terserīmus	terserītis	terserint
	pluperfect	tersissem	tersissēs	tersisset	tersissēmus	tersissētis	tersissent
passive	present	tergar	tergāris, tergāre	tergātur	tergāmur	tergāminī	tergantur
	imperfect	tergerer	tergerēris, tergerēre	tergerētur	tergerēmur	tergerēminī	tergerentur
	perfect	tersus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tersus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	terge	—	—	tergite	—
	future	—	tergitō	tergitō	—	tergitōte	terguntō
passive	present	—	tergere	—	—	tergiminī	—
	future	—	tergitor	tergitor	—	—	terguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tergere	tersisse	tersūrum esse	tergī	tersum esse	tersum īrī
participles		tergēns	—	tersūrus	—	tersus	tergendus, tergundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tergendī	tergendō	tergendum	tergendō	tersum	tersū

Descendants

• Old French: terdre
  • French: terdre (dialectal)
• Ladin: terjer
• Italian: tergere
• Spanish: terger

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
• tergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)