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tumefacio

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(verb) : tŭmĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, tumeo
* To cause to swell, to tumefy (poet.).
* Lit.: vis fera ventorum ... Extentam tumefecit humum,Ov. M. 15, 303: tumefactus pontus,id. ib. 11, 518.
* Trop., to swell or puff up, to inflate with pride, etc.: num me laetitiā tumefactum fallis inani?Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 3: ut nostris tumefacta superbiat Umbria libris,id. 4 (5), 1, 63: dum nimium vano tumefactus nomine gaudes,Mart. 4, 11, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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