a tergo
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Primum enim, qui solus et subvehere commeatus et munire poterat a tergo, relictus Euphrates, dum simulato transfugae cuidam Mazzarae Syro creditur.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The unity is derived from a vis a tergo: it is given at the start as an impulsion, not placed at the end as an attraction.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
Vespera quadam frigidula, posteriori in parte mensis Augusti, peregrinus, mulo fusco colore incidens, mantica 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
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
This was well for Beetle, since Stalky pinched him a tergo.
From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard
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