a tergo
Americanadverb
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B. Sol erat a tergo: vidi praecedere longam 615 Ante pedes umbram, nisi si timor illa videbat, Sed certe sonitusque pedum terrebat et ingens Crinales vittas afflabat anhelitus oris.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
Scapulæ, 12. sunt a tergo, â quibus pendent humeri, 13. ab his Brachia, 14. cum Cubito, 15. inde ad utrumque Latus, Manus, Dextera, 8.
From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles
Vespera quâdam frigidulâ, posteriori in parte mensis Augusti, peregrinus, mulo fusco colore insidens, manticâ a tergo, paucis indusiis, binis calceis, braccisque sericis coccineis repleta, Argentoratum ingressus est.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence
Anno praeterito, quum ex instituto vitae meae iussus in hanc insulam remeassem, clarissimi viri, offendi sane fluctus haud paulo saeviores in anglicano littore, quam quos in oceano brittannico recens a tergo reliqueram.
From Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund
In all these cases the movements are discharged fatally by the vis a tergo which the stimulus exerts upon a nervous system framed to respond in just that way.
From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant
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