cumulo
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumolo, and possibly mucchio.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumulo m (plural cumuli)
- heap, pile
- (meteorology) cumulus (cloud)
- mound
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Verb
cumulo
Latin
Etymology
From cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈku.mu.loː/, [ˈkʊmʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.mu.lo/, [ˈkuːmulo]
Verb
cumulō (present infinitive cumulāre, perfect active cumulāvī, supine cumulātum); first conjugation
- I heap, pile up, amass, accumulate.
- I fill by heaping, overload.
- I increase, augment
- (figuratively) I make complete, accomplish.
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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References
- “cumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cumulo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- cumulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
- to (richly) recompense a kindness or service: beneficium remunerari or reddere (cumulate)
- to overwhelm with eulogy: omni laude cumulare aliquem
- to heap crime on crime: scelus scelere cumulare (Catil. 1. 6. 14)
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
Portuguese
Verb
cumulo
Spanish
Verb
cumulo
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