tumefacio

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I swell”) + faciō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tu.meˈfa.ki.oː/, [t̪ʊmɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tu.meˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [t̪umeˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

tumefaciō (present infinitive tumefacere, perfect active tumefēcī, supine tumefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. to cause to swell, tumefy

   Synonym: tumidō

2. (figuratively) to swell, puff up or inflate with pride

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tumefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumefaciō	tumefacis	tumefacit	tumefacimus	tumefacitis	tumefaciunt
	imperfect	tumefaciēbam	tumefaciēbās	tumefaciēbat	tumefaciēbāmus	tumefaciēbātis	tumefaciēbant
	future	tumefaciam	tumefaciēs	tumefaciet	tumefaciēmus	tumefaciētis	tumefacient
	perfect	tumefēcī	tumefēcistī	tumefēcit	tumefēcimus	tumefēcistis	tumefēcērunt, tumefēcēre
	pluperfect	tumefēceram	tumefēcerās	tumefēcerat	tumefēcerāmus	tumefēcerātis	tumefēcerant
	future perfect	tumefēcerō	tumefēceris	tumefēcerit	tumefēcerimus	tumefēceritis	tumefēcerint
passive	present	tumefīō	tumefīs	tumefit	tumefīmus	tumefītis	tumefīunt
	imperfect	tumefīēbam	tumefīēbās	tumefīēbat	tumefīēbāmus	tumefīēbātis	tumefīēbant
	future	tumefīam	tumefīēs	tumefīet	tumefīēmus	tumefīētis	tumefīent
	perfect	tumefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tumefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tumefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tumefaciam	tumefaciās	tumefaciat	tumefaciāmus	tumefaciātis	tumefaciant
imperfect	tumefacerem	tumefacerēs	tumefaceret	tumefacerēmus	tumefacerētis	tumefacerent
perfect	tumefēcerim	tumefēcerīs	tumefēcerit	tumefēcerīmus	tumefēcerītis	tumefēcerint
pluperfect	tumefēcissem	tumefēcissēs	tumefēcisset	tumefēcissēmus	tumefēcissētis	tumefēcissent
passive	present	tumefīam	tumefīās	tumefīat	tumefīāmus	tumefīātis	tumefīant
imperfect	tumefierem	tumefierēs	tumefieret	tumefierēmus	tumefierētis	tumefierent
perfect	tumefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	tumefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tumeface	—	—	tumefacite	—
	future	—	tumefacitō	tumefacitō	—	tumefacitōte	tumefaciuntō
passive	present	—	tumefī	—	—	tumefīte	—
	future	—	tumefītō	tumefītō	—	tumefītōte	tumefīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tumefacere	tumefēcisse	tumefactūrum esse	tumefierī	tumefactum esse	tumefactum īrī
participles		tumefaciēns	—	tumefactūrus	—	tumefactus	tumefaciendus, tumefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tumefaciendī	tumefaciendō	tumefaciendum	tumefaciendō	tumefactum	tumefactū

Derived terms

• tumefaciēns
• tumefactus

 

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• English: tumefy, tumefacient
• French: tuméfier
• Galician: tumefacer
• Italian: tumefare
• Sicilian: tumifari
• Portuguese: tumefazer
• Sicilian: tumifari

References

• “tumefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tumefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tumefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.