accumulo
See also: accumulò
Italian
Verb
accumulo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + cumulō (“heap or pile up”), related to cumulus (“heap”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /akˈku.mu.loː/, [äkˈkʊmʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /akˈku.mu.lo/, [äkˈkuːmulo]
Verb
accumulō (present infinitive accumulāre, perfect active accumulāvī, supine accumulātum); first conjugation
- I add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass.
- I heap up earth over or around the roots of plants, trench up, cover.
- (figuratively) I heap, add, increase, enhance, augment, multiply, accumulate; exaggerate.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (pile up): cumulō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: accumulate
- French: accumuler
- Italian: accumulare
References
- “accumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “accumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accumulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- accumulo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016