hide (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cŏrium (any thick skin when removed from the carcase)2. pellis (living or dead)3. tergus, ŏris, n. (of a large animal); they strip their h.s from the carcases, tergora deripiunt costis, Virg. Aen. 1, 2154. tergum (poet. for preced.)5. vellus, ĕris (a h. with the fleece or hair upon it) • hide (subs.): 1. cŏrium (any thick skin when removed from the carcase): to cover towers with h.s for protection, turres coriis integere, Caes.: a h. sunk in a stream, c. depressum in fluvio, Phaedr. 1, 20. Comicé: to tan any one's h., alicui c. concidere, Pl. Am. prol. 85. 2. pellis (living or dead): v. skin. 3. tergus, ŏris, n. (of a large animal); they strip their h.s from the carcases, tergora deripiunt costis, Virg. Aen. 1, 215: (the elephant's) h. is extremely tough on its back, durissimum dorso t., Plin. 8, 10, 10. Esp. poet. of shields: seven bull's h.s, taurorum t. septem, Ov. M. 13, 347. 4. tergum (poet. for preced.): with a bull's h., taurino t., Virg. Aen. 1, 368. Of things made of h., as cymbals, taurea t., Ov. F. 4, 342; shields, t. novena boum, Ov. M. 12, 97. 5. vellus, ĕris (a h. with the fleece or hair upon it): the h. of a tawny lion, fulvi leonis v., Ov. F. 2, 340.