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..."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..."