tumuerunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tumesco, tumescere, tumui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
(begin to) swell; become inflamed with pride, passion, etc;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...spumare Thetis nec spargere nubila fluctus audebant. visis tumuerunt puppibus undae, , inque hominem surrexit hiems. tunc nubila Plias..."- P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...postquam solitas accessit ad iras causa recens, plenis tumuerunt guttura venis, spumaque pestiferos circumfluit albida rictus, terraque rasa..."