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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of tergum.

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  • Confide mater, leonibus ipsis familiaris jam factus sum, et saepe conscendi eorum terga et apprehendi jubas; equorum more insidens eos agito, et illi mihi caudis adblandiuntur.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Dorsum: the upper surface: in Coleoptera; often confined to meso - and meta-thorax: Odonata; includes mesepisterna and meso - and meta-thoracic terga: Diptera; upper surface of thorax, limited by the dorsopleural sutures laterally, the scutellum posteriorly and the neck anteriorly: Lepidoptera; the lower or inner margin of the wing.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • 'Stupet haec, qui iam post terga reliquit sexaginta annos, Fonteio consule natus.'

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Diú et ácriter púgnátum est; tandem tamen ad sólis occásum tanta commútátió rérum facta est ut mulierés terga verterent et fugá salútem peterent.

    Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

  • Polyphémus enim postquam terga ovium manibus tráctávit, eás praeteríre passus est.

    Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

  • "Protinus immitem Triviæ ducuntur ad aram, Evincti geminas ad sua terga manus."

    The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides

  • Hís rébus cógnitís ipse cum omnibus quí in náví relictí erant ad locum vénit; et sociós suós frústrá hortátus ut suá sponte redírent, manibus eórum post terga vinctís invítós ad návem reportávit.

    Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

  • Inter-alar space: in Odonata; the terga of meson - and meta-thorax.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Omnés igitur quós ille sagittís vulneráverat venénó statim absúmptí sunt; reliquí autem ubi hóc vídérunt, terga vertérunt et fugá salútem petiérunt.

    Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland

  • Pierides: magni nunc erit oris opus. iam negat Euphrates equitem post terga tueri

    The Triumpbs of Augustus in the East 1912

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