tumefacio
Latin
Etymology
From tumeō (“I swell”) + faciō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʊ.mɛˈfa.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪u.meˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]
Verb
tumefaciō (present infinitive tumefacere, perfect active tumefēcī, supine tumefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive
Conjugation
Conjugation of tumefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: tumefy, tumefacient
- French: tuméfier
- Galician: tumefacer
- Italian: tumefare
- Sicilian: tumifari
- Portuguese: tumefazer
- Sicilian: tumifari
References
- “tumefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tumefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tumefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.