tumesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tumeō (“I swell”) + -scō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tuˈmeːs.koː/, [t̪ʊˈmeːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈmes.ko/, [t̪uˈmɛsko]
Verb edit
tumēscō (present infinitive tumēscere, perfect active tumuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up
- (figuratively) to become excited or violent, ready to burst forth
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References edit
- “tumesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tumesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tumesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- tumesco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016