# tegus
## English
### Noun

tegus
* plural of tegu

### Anagrams

* Guest, guest

## Esperanto
### Verb

tegus
* conditional of tegi

## Latin
### Etymology

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-.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈte.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛɡʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈte.ɡus/, [ˈt̪ɛːɡus]

### Noun

tegus n (genitive tegoris); third declension
* carcass; the back or trunk of an animal
** c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 902, (trochaic septenarius):Di i͞mmo͞rtālēs, iam ŭt ĕgō̆ co͞llōs pra͞etru͞ncābō tĕgŏrĭbus, quanta pernis pestis veniet, quanta labes larido, quanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas, quanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis.2011 translation by Wolfgang de MeloImmortal 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!
** c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 915, (iambic octonarius):Adveniens deturbavit totum cum carne carnarium: a͞rrĭpŭi͞t glădĭu͞m, pra͞etru͞ncāvi͞t trĭbŭs tē̆gŏrĭbū̆s gla͞ndĭa; aulas calicesque omnes confregit, nisi quae modiales erant.2011 translation by Wolfgang de MeloWhen 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.
** c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 198, (trochaic octonarius):Aeschrodora, tu quae amicos tibi habes lenonum aemulos lanios, qui, item ut nos iurando, iure malo male quaerunt rem, audi: nĭsĭ ca͞rnārĭă trĭă grăvĭdă tegŏrĭbŭs ŏnĕre ūbĕri hŏdĭē mihi erunt, cras te quasi Dircam olim, ut memorant, duo gnati Iovis devinxere ad taurum, item ego te distringam ad carnarium; id tibi profecto taurus fiet.2012 translation by Wolfgang de Melo.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.
** 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.110:tegus suis ab eo quod eo tegitur. perna a pede. sueris a nomine eius. offula ab offa, minima suere.
** Flavius Caper, De Orthographia 99.2:Terga hominis tantum, singulariter tergum facit. quadrupedum erit tergus, pluraliter tergora, id est coria. tegus quoque invenio dici et esse eius plurale tegora.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

### References

* ↑ Skutch, Otto (1985) The Annals of Ennius, edited with introduction and commentary, page 680
* ↑ Lindsay, W. M. (1900) The Captivi of Plautus: edited with introduction, apparatus criticus and commentary, page 324

### Further reading

* tegus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* tegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.