different between tergum vs tergite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tergum (“back, rear; surface”).

Noun

tergum (plural terga)

1. (entomology) The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.

Derived terms

• tergal

Related terms

• tergite

Latin

Etymology

From tergus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ter.?um/, [?t??r????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ter.?um/, [?t??r?um]

Noun

tergum n (genitive terg?); second declension

1. back, rear; surface

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• terga vertere

References

• tergum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tergum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tergum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tergum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??(?)d??a?t/

Noun

tergite (plural tergites)

1. (anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.

Derived terms

• acrotergite
• hemitergite
• mediotergite
• microtergite
• pretergite
• syntergite

Related terms

• tergal
• tergiversate
• tergum

Latin

Verb

tergite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of terg?