tumentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumeo, tumere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
swell, become inflated; be puffed up; be bombastic; be swollen with conceit;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iudicium quae replenda vel deicienda sunt: premere vero tumentia, humilia extollere, luxuriantia adstringere, inordinata digerere, soluta componere, exultantia..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aestus et ingens auster agit, medio stant uela tumentia ponto. tunc ipsum fracto curru deturbat, et isset ante..."