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{
"etymology_text": "Archaic alternative form of tergus n (“back; hide”). Possibly originally a distinct word that became blended with tergum. Alternatively, if tergus was original, tegus, tegor- might be a by-form derived by dissimilative loss of the first /r/ in tergor-.",
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"genitive",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"form": "tegore",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Immortal gods, how I will chop the necks off the backs in a moment! What havoc will fall on the ham, what loss on the lard, what utter consumption on the udder, what misfortune on the meat, what sleepiness on the slaughterers and pork-butchers!",
"ref": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 902, (trochaic septenarius)",
"roman": "2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo",
"text": "Di i͞mmo͞rtālēs, iam ŭt ĕgō̆ co͞llōs pra͞etru͞ncābō tĕgŏrĭbus,\nquanta pernis pestis veniet, quanta labes larido,\nquanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas,\nquanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis."
},
{
"english": "When he arrived he threw down the whole meat stand with the meat. He grabbed a sword and chopped the sweet-breads off three meat-joints. He smashed all pots and dishes to pieces, except those that were bucket-sized.",
"ref": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 915, (iambic octonarius)",
"roman": "2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo",
"text": "Adveniens deturbavit totum cum carne carnarium:\na͞rrĭpŭi͞t glădĭu͞m, pra͞etru͞ncāvi͞t trĭbŭs tē̆gŏrĭbū̆s gla͞ndĭa;\naulas calicesque omnes confregit, nisi quae modiales erant."
},
{
"english": "Aeschrodora, you who have the butchers, the pimps’ rivals, as boyfriends, who just like us acquire money in a nasty way through perjury, listen: unless I have three meat racks heavy with carcasses of large size today, I’ll tie you to a meat rack tomorrow, the way they say the two sons of Jupiter once bound Dirce onto a bull. This will become the bull for you.",
"ref": "c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 198, (trochaic octonarius)",
"roman": "2012 translation by Wolfgang de Melo.",
"text": "Aeschrodora, tu quae amicos tibi habes lenonum aemulos\nlanios, qui, item ut nos iurando, iure malo male quaerunt rem, audi:\nnĭsĭ ca͞rnārĭă trĭă grăvĭdă tegŏrĭbŭs ŏnĕre ūbĕri hŏdĭē\nmihi erunt, cras te quasi Dircam olim, ut memorant, duo gnati Iovis\ndevinxere ad taurum, item ego te distringam ad carnarium;\nid tibi profecto taurus fiet."
},
{
"ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.110",
"text": "tegus suis ab eo quod eo tegitur. perna a pede. sueris a nomine eius. offula ab offa, minima suere."
},
{
"ref": "Flavius Caper, De Orthographia 99.2",
"text": "Terga hominis tantum, singulariter tergum facit. quadrupedum erit tergus, pluraliter tergora, id est coria. tegus quoque invenio dici et esse eius plurale tegora."
}
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"glosses": [
"carcass; the back or trunk of an animal"
],
"id": "en-tegus-la-noun-7ogWNq9M",
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"carcass",
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"back",
"back"
],
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"trunk"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈte.ɡus/",
"tags": [
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},
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"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛɡʊs̠]",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈte.ɡus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːɡus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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}
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"etymology_text": "Archaic alternative form of tergus n (“back; hide”). Possibly originally a distinct word that became blended with tergum. Alternatively, if tergus was original, tegus, tegor- might be a by-form derived by dissimilative loss of the first /r/ in tergor-.",
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
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{
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"form": "tegora",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "tegore",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
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"form": "tegoribus",
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"ablative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "tegus",
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"singular",
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"form": "tegora",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Immortal gods, how I will chop the necks off the backs in a moment! What havoc will fall on the ham, what loss on the lard, what utter consumption on the udder, what misfortune on the meat, what sleepiness on the slaughterers and pork-butchers!",
"ref": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 902, (trochaic septenarius)",
"roman": "2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo",
"text": "Di i͞mmo͞rtālēs, iam ŭt ĕgō̆ co͞llōs pra͞etru͞ncābō tĕgŏrĭbus,\nquanta pernis pestis veniet, quanta labes larido,\nquanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas,\nquanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis."
},
{
"english": "When he arrived he threw down the whole meat stand with the meat. He grabbed a sword and chopped the sweet-breads off three meat-joints. He smashed all pots and dishes to pieces, except those that were bucket-sized.",
"ref": "c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 915, (iambic octonarius)",
"roman": "2011 translation by Wolfgang de Melo",
"text": "Adveniens deturbavit totum cum carne carnarium:\na͞rrĭpŭi͞t glădĭu͞m, pra͞etru͞ncāvi͞t trĭbŭs tē̆gŏrĭbū̆s gla͞ndĭa;\naulas calicesque omnes confregit, nisi quae modiales erant."
},
{
"english": "Aeschrodora, you who have the butchers, the pimps’ rivals, as boyfriends, who just like us acquire money in a nasty way through perjury, listen: unless I have three meat racks heavy with carcasses of large size today, I’ll tie you to a meat rack tomorrow, the way they say the two sons of Jupiter once bound Dirce onto a bull. This will become the bull for you.",
"ref": "c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 198, (trochaic octonarius)",
"roman": "2012 translation by Wolfgang de Melo.",
"text": "Aeschrodora, tu quae amicos tibi habes lenonum aemulos\nlanios, qui, item ut nos iurando, iure malo male quaerunt rem, audi:\nnĭsĭ ca͞rnārĭă trĭă grăvĭdă tegŏrĭbŭs ŏnĕre ūbĕri hŏdĭē\nmihi erunt, cras te quasi Dircam olim, ut memorant, duo gnati Iovis\ndevinxere ad taurum, item ego te distringam ad carnarium;\nid tibi profecto taurus fiet."
},
{
"ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.110",
"text": "tegus suis ab eo quod eo tegitur. perna a pede. sueris a nomine eius. offula ab offa, minima suere."
},
{
"ref": "Flavius Caper, De Orthographia 99.2",
"text": "Terga hominis tantum, singulariter tergum facit. quadrupedum erit tergus, pluraliter tergora, id est coria. tegus quoque invenio dici et esse eius plurale tegora."
}
],
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"carcass; the back or trunk of an animal"
],
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"carcass",
"carcass"
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"back",
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],
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"trunk",
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"Classical-Latin"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈte.ɡus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːɡus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tegus"
}
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