detumuere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detumesco, detumescere, detumui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
subside, become less swollen; (of passions); settle down (L+S); cease swelling;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples

Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...degunt si modo fata sinunt aluitque rogata Lycaste. detumuere animi maris, et clementior Auster uela uocat: ratis ipsa..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nubes mulcet iners aestas; tunc stagna lacusque sonori detumuere, tacent exusti solibus amnes. gaudet ouans iussis et adhuc..."
