tūmeo

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 Greekτύμβος (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

1. to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell

   Synonym: turgeō

2. (figuratively) to be excited or violent, ready to burst forth
3. (figuratively) to be puffed out or inflated with pride
4. (figuratively, of speech or writing) to be turgid, pompous or bombastic

   Synonym: turgeō