tumesc
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumesco, tumescere, tumui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
(begin to) swell; become inflamed with pride, passion, etc;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque sic eum legere: qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis; sed ita, ut diximus, "i" litteram, quae..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...sunt; distendentur enim corpora et animi cum corpore tumescent. 3. Labor illos citra lassitudinem exerceat, ut minuatur..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...labores; unde tremor terris, qua ui maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, quid tantum..."