tumesco

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I swell”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tuˈmeːs.koː/, [t̪ʊˈmeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈmes.ko/, [t̪uˈmɛsko]

Verb

tumēscō (present infinitive tumēscere, perfect active tumuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up
2. (figuratively) to become excited or violent, ready to burst forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of tumēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumēscō	tumēscis	tumēscit	tumēscimus	tumēscitis	tumēscunt
	imperfect	tumēscēbam	tumēscēbās	tumēscēbat	tumēscēbāmus	tumēscēbātis	tumēscēbant
	future	tumēscam	tumēscēs	tumēscet	tumēscēmus	tumēscētis	tumēscent
	perfect	tumuī	tumuistī	tumuit	tumuimus	tumuistis	tumuērunt, tumuēre
	pluperfect	tumueram	tumuerās	tumuerat	tumuerāmus	tumuerātis	tumuerant
	future perfect	tumuerō	tumueris	tumuerit	tumuerimus	tumueritis	tumuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumēscam	tumēscās	tumēscat	tumēscāmus	tumēscātis	tumēscant
	imperfect	tumēscerem	tumēscerēs	tumēsceret	tumēscerēmus	tumēscerētis	tumēscerent
	perfect	tumuerim	tumuerīs	tumuerit	tumuerīmus	tumuerītis	tumuerint
	pluperfect	tumuissem	tumuissēs	tumuisset	tumuissēmus	tumuissētis	tumuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tumēsce	—	—	tumēscite	—
	future	—	tumēscitō	tumēscitō	—	tumēscitōte	tumēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tumēscere	tumuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		tumēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tumēscendī	tumēscendō	tumēscendum	tumēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

Derived terms

• contumēscō
• dētumēscō
• intumēscō
• tumēscēns

Related terms

• tumefaciō
• tumentia
• tumeō
• tumidē
• tumiditās
• tumidō
• tumidōsus
• tumidulus
• tumidus
• tumor
• tumōrōsus
• tumulāmen
• tumulō
• tumulōsus
• tumulus

Descendants

• English: tumesce
• Portuguese: tumescer

References

• “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