tergo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɡo
- Hyphenation: tèr‧go
Etymology 1
From Latin tergum.
Noun
tergo m (plural terghi)
- back
- reverse (coin or medal)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tergo
- first-person singular present indicative of tergere
Anagrams
- greto
Latin
Alternative forms
- tergeō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ɡo/, [ˈt̪ɛrɡo]
Verb
tergō (present infinitive tergere, perfect active tersī, supine tersum); third conjugation
- Alternative form of tergeō
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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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
- Italian: tergere
- Ladin: terjer
- Old French: terdre
- Romanian: șterge
Noun
tergō
- 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)
- to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere