tumesco
Latin
Etymology
From tumeō (“I swell”) + -scō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʊˈmeːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪uˈmɛs.ko]
Verb
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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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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016