turgeo

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”), but this is rejected by de Vaan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ɡe.oː/, [ˈt̪ʊrɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈt̪urd͡ʒeo]

Verb

turgeō (present infinitive turgēre, perfect active tursī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be swollen, swell out
2. (figuratively) to swell (with rage); to be enraged
3. (figuratively, of speech) to be inflated or bombastic

Conjugation

Conjugation of turgeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	turgeō	turgēs	turget	turgēmus	turgētis	turgent
	imperfect	turgēbam	turgēbās	turgēbat	turgēbāmus	turgēbātis	turgēbant
	future	turgēbō	turgēbis	turgēbit	turgēbimus	turgēbitis	turgēbunt
	perfect	tursī	tursistī	tursit	tursimus	tursistis	tursērunt, tursēre
	pluperfect	turseram	turserās	turserat	turserāmus	turserātis	turserant
	future perfect	turserō	turseris	turserit	turserimus	turseritis	turserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	turgeam	turgeās	turgeat	turgeāmus	turgeātis	turgeant
	imperfect	turgērem	turgērēs	turgēret	turgērēmus	turgērētis	turgērent
	perfect	turserim	turserīs	turserit	turserīmus	turserītis	turserint
	pluperfect	tursissem	tursissēs	tursisset	tursissēmus	tursissētis	tursissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	turgē	—	—	turgēte	—
	future	—	turgētō	turgētō	—	turgētōte	turgentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		turgēre	tursisse	—	—	—	—
participles		turgēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		turgendī	turgendō	turgendum	turgendō	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am swollen): tumeō
• (I am bombastic): tumeō

Derived terms

• turgēscō
• turgidus
• turgor

Related terms

• turgidulus

Descendants

• → Italian: turgere
• → Middle French: turgir
• → Portuguese: turgir

Further reading

• “turgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “turgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• turgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.