tumescite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumesco, tumescere, tumui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
(begin to) swell; become inflamed with pride, passion, etc;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...facie uetulae stat creta Fabullae, crassior offensae bulla tumescit aquae; fortior et tortos seruat uesica capillos et mutat..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quendam velut in opaco situm ducit, aut contra tumescit inani persuasione: necesse est enim nimium tribuat sibi..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...cortex, nondum dixeris florem. paulatim deinde vividiore suco tumescit uterus et albentis accipit rimas, necdum tamen flos..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...inpulsu aquilonis, simul sidere aequinoctii, quo maxime tumescit Oceanus, rapi agique agmen. et opplebantur terrae: eadem freto litori..."