English → Latin
“swelling” in Latin
tumidusswollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging; causing to swell; excited, violent, exasperated; pturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic, turgidampullasmall amphora, phial, flask (properly made like a small amphora, with two small handles and a swollen middle, but with tiactātiōshaking, agitationiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shocktumorthe state of being swollen; swelling; tumor; the swell of the seatūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence; the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots; a truffle (pānusear of millet; the thread wound upon the bobbin; a swelling, tumorboaA large snake native to Roman Italy.; A disease, the measles or smallpox.fēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
swelling adj.
tumidus: turgidus: Swelling words, ampullae: jactatio: jactantia. Vid: also, BRAGGING.
swelling s.
tumor (general term): tuber (a projecting tumor, boil, etc.): panus (inflammation of the glands of the neck, under the arms, etc.). A swelling on the legs, tumor crurum: boa (a swelling on the legs from much walking; Festus, p. 25): scirrhoma, -atis, neuter; scirrhus (a hard swelling without pain, but dangerous). A swelling grows hard, tumor occallescit: a swelling goes down, tumor detumescit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for swelling?
- The usual Latin words for “swelling” are tumidus, turgidus, ampulla; also iactātiō, iactō, tumor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.