tumere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumeo, tumere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
swell, become inflated; be puffed up; be bombastic; be swollen with conceit;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...gratum nautis sidus fulgere Laconum lataque perspicuo uela tumere sinu. Quis tantas liquidis artes inuenit in undis..."- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vultu, osque meum sensi pando occallescere rostro, colla tumere toris, et qua modo pocula parte sumpta mihi fuerant..."