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tergum
neutral noun II declension

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1 back, rear
2 reverse and far side
3 outer covering or outer surface

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a tergo || aliquem in terga supino || do terga || terga do || amnica terga || a tergo atque alis = from the rear and the flanks || adorior aliquem a tergo || a fronte et a tergo = in front and behind || a tergo (or post tergum) = at the rear, behind || adsulto tergis pugnantium || circumvenio hostes a tergo || circumeo terga vincentium || dabitur supplicium mihi de tergo vostro || centum terga suum || a tergo potius quam prae = if at the rear more than the front || a tergo tuta relinquo = to ensure one's back || ab tergo Alpes urgent = the Alps bar (you) at the back || signa or terga, or tergum verto || ab tergo, ante circaque = at the back, in front and on the flanks || ad unum terga vertebant || alicui terga do or praesto || anguis squamea convolvens terga || nam tergo numquam metus || do retrorsus terga metu || armis respectant terga tegentes || aer a tergo quasi provehit || ab tergo atque alis circumventa acies = the array surrounded at the back and flanks || ad terga collis hostem pertrahere || a tergo quem nulla ciconia pinsit = he who was made no cuckhold || accipiunt ventos a tergo mille carinae = the thousand ships sail before the wind || Aequis Volscisque quandocumque se moverint, ab tergo erimus || o Iane, a tergo quem nulla ciconia pinsit || clamor qui post tergum pugnantibus existit || aversi terga tantum afflante vento || a mente recedit vertere terga pudor = the shame of escaping vanishes from their soul || atque harum effultus tergo stratisque iacebat velleribus || centum vinctus aenis post tergum nodis || a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit = behind, in front, in the flannks, (Antony) will be surrounded if he entered Gaul || aere atque aequorei tergo flavente iuvenci cassis erat munita || Arcadas ut vidit Pallas Latio dare terga sequaci || Danubius duratus glacie ingentia tergo bella transportat || ab lateribus montes ac lacus, a fronte et ab tergo hostium acies claudebat = on the side of the mountains and the lake, in front of and behind the armies of the enemy were barriers || circa Padus amnis, maior ac violentior Rhodano, ab tergo Alpes urgent || a lateribus cohortes, legionum adversa frons, et subito discursu terga cinxerant equites = from both sides the cohorts (auxiliaries), in front of the legionaries, behind the knight with a swift outflanking manoeuvre surrounded them || clipeum tot ferri terga tot aeris medium transverberat