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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin a tergo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
a tergo (not comparable)
- from behind
- Antonym: a fronte
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
ā (“at”) + tergum (“back”)
Adverb
a tergō (not comparable)
- behind, from behind
86 BCE – c. 35 BCE,
Sallust,
Bellum Jugurthinum 58.4:
- clamorem ut tumultum hostilem a tergo accepit
- He heard shouting like a hostile disruption behind him.
References
- “tergum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tergum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.