tumeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (“to swell, to increase”). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *þūmô, whence English thumb. More cognates see there.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtu.me.oː/

Verb

present active tumeō, present infinitive tumēre, perfect active tumuī. (no passive)

1. I am swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, I swell.
2. (figuratively) I am excited or violent, ready to burst forth.
3. (figuratively) I am puffed out or inflated with pride.
4. (figuratively, of speech or writing) I am turgid, pompous or bombastic.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumeō	tumēs	tumet	tumēmus	tumētis	tument
	future	tumēbō	tumēbis	tumēbit	tumēbimus	tumēbitis	tumēbunt
	imperfect	tumēbam	tumēbās	tumēbat	tumēbāmus	tumēbātis	tumēbant
	perfect	tumuī	tumuistī	tumuit	tumuimus	tumuistis	tumuērunt
	future perfect	tumuerō	tumueris	tumuerit	tumuerimus	tumueritis	tumuerint
	pluperfect	tumueram	tumuerās	tumuerat	tumuerāmus	tumuerātis	tumuerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumeam	tumeās	tumeat	tumeāmus	tumeātis	tumeant
	imperfect	tumērem	tumērēs	tumēret	tumērēmus	tumērētis	tumērent
	perfect	tumuerim	tumuerīs	tumuerit	tumuerīmus	tumuerītis	tumuerint
	pluperfect	tumuissem	tumuissēs	tumuisset	tumuissēmus	tumuissētis	tumuissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	tumē	tumētō	tumētō	—	—	—
	plural	tumēte	tumētōte	tumentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tumēre	tumuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		tumēns (tumentis)	—	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am swollen): turgeō
• (I am bombastic): turgeō

Derived terms

tumefaciō tumentia tumēscō

tumidus tumor tumulus

Related terms

tumidē tumiditās tumidō tumidōsus tumidulus

tumōrōsus tumulāmen tumulō tumulōsus

References

• tumeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879