tumesco

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (I swell) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

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