tumeō -, -, ēre 1 TV-, to swell, be swollen, be tumid, puff out, be inflated: corpus tumet veneno, O.: pedes, V.: gemma in tenero palmite, O.: multo sacci hordeo, Ph.: cuius aceto tumes? Iu.

—Fig., to swell, be swollen, be excited, be violent, rage: sapientis animus numquam tumet: multis gentibus irā tumentibus, L.: pectus anhelum, Et rabie fera corda tument, V.: tument negotia, are in a ferment: Bella tument, O.

—To be puffed up, swell: Tumens graculus superbiā, Ph.: longā serie Caesarum, Ta.: alto stemmate, Iu.: Laudis amore tumes, H.

—Of language, to be pompous, be bombastic, Ta.