tumidus

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I swell”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪ʊmɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mi.dus/, [ˈt̪uːmid̪us]

Adjective

tumidus (feminine tumida, neuter tumidum, adverb tumidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. swollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging
2. causing to swell
3. (figuratively) excited, violent, exasperated; puffed up, elated; arrogant; restless, ready to break out
4. (figuratively, of an orator) bombastic, pompous
5. (figuratively, of speech) inflated, turgid, high-flown, bombastic, tumid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tumidus	tumida	tumidum		tumidī	tumidae	tumida
Genitive	tumidī	tumidae	tumidī		tumidōrum	tumidārum	tumidōrum
Dative	tumidō		tumidō		tumidīs
Accusative	tumidum	tumidam	tumidum		tumidōs	tumidās	tumida
Ablative	tumidō	tumidā	tumidō		tumidīs
Vocative	tumide	tumida	tumidum		tumidī	tumidae	tumida

Synonyms

• (swollen): turgidulus, turgidus
• (bombastic): turgidus

Derived terms

• tumidē
• tumiditās
• tumidō

• tumidōsus
• tumidulus

Related terms

• tumefaciō
• tumeō
• tumentia
• tumēscō
• tumor

• tumōrōsus
• tumulāmen
• tumulō
• tumulōsus
• tumulus

Descendants

• Inherited (possibly):
  • Old Occitan: tomid (only in one ancient text)
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: túmid
  • → English: tumid
  • → Italian: tumido
  • → Middle French: tumide
  • → Portuguese: túmido
  • → Spanish: túmido

References

• “tumidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tumidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tumidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.