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“tumid” in Latin
tumidusswollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging; causing to swell; excited, violent, exasperated; pturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic, turgidīnflōto inflate; to blow into; to play a wind instrument; to puff up, swell; to be proud, haughty
The English word tumid itself goes back to Latin tumeō, through tumidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tumid
tumidus: turgidus: inflatus (all ofpersons and things). A style is tumid, oratio turget atque inflata est. Vid: also, TURGID.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tumid?
- The usual Latin words for “tumid” are tumidus, turgidus, īnflō. 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.