tumentia

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tuˈmen.ti.a/, [t̪ʊˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈmen.t͡si.a/, [t̪uˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

tumentia f (genitive tumentiae); first declension

1. A swelling.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tumentia	tumentiae
genitive	tumentiae	tumentiārum
dative	tumentiae	tumentiīs
accusative	tumentiam	tumentiās
ablative	tumentiā	tumentiīs
vocative	tumentia	tumentiae

Synonyms

• (swelling): tumiditās, tumor

Related terms

• tumefaciō
• tumeō
• tumēscō
• tumidē
• tumiditās
• tumidō
• tumidōsus
• tumidulus
• tumidus
• tumor
• tumōrōsus
• tumulāmen
• tumulō
• tumulōsus
• tumulus

References

• “tumentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tumentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.