Meaning of tegus | Babel Free

Definitions

carcass; the back or trunk of an animal

declension-3, neuter

Examples

“Di immortales, iam ut ego collos praetruncabo tĕgŏrĭbus, quanta pernis pestis veniet, quanta labes larido, quanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas, quanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis.”

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!

“Adveniens deturbavit totum cum carne carnarium: a͞rrĭpŭi͞t glădĭu͞m, pra͞etru͞ncāvi͞t trĭbŭs tē̆gŏrĭbū̆s gla͞ndĭa; aulas calicesque omnes confregit, nisi quae modiales erant.”

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.

“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.”

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.

“tegus suis ab eo quod eo tegitur. perna a pede. sueris a nomine eius. offula ab offa, minima suere.”

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“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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