tumeo

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative verb of *tum- (“to swell”). Cognates include Latin tūber, Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “big, strong”) and तूतुम (tūtumá, “strong, effective”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to become thick”), Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “swell”). ((figurative) to be excited or violent): Compare typologically Russian возбуха́ть (vozbuxátʹ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊ.me.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.me.o] === Verb === tumeō (present infinitive tumēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell Synonym: turgeō (figuratively) to be excited or violent, ready to burst forth (figuratively) to be puffed out or inflated with pride (figuratively, of speech or writing) to be turgid, pompous or bombastic Synonym: turgeō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “tumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tumeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === References ===