stern (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Hinder part of a shipII. Hinder part of anything • stern (subs.): I. Hinder part of a ship: puppis, is, f.: Cic. Att. 13, 21: a wind rising a-s., ventus surgens a puppi, Virg. Aen. 3, 130. II. Hinder part of anything: puppis (comic): cf. Pl. Epid. 1, 1, 69: tergum: v. back.