tumescunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumesco, tumescere, tumui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
(begin to) swell; become inflamed with pride, passion, etc;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...arte iacentium non informis habitus, cum animo inhorrescunt; tumescunt uenae; concutietur crebro spiritu pectus, rabida uocis eruptio colla..." 
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tandemque coactus restitit, et stimulis iam languida colla tumescunt. fulmineas alte suspensi corpora plantis erexere manus; tuto procul..."- P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...temptant. vox quoque iam rauca est, inflataque colla tumescunt, ipsaque dilatant patulos convicia rictus; terga caput tangunt, colla..."