tumiditas

Latin

Etymology

From tumidus (“swollen, protuberant, tumid”) +‎ -tās, from tumeō (“I swell”) + -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tuˈmi.di.taːs/, [t̪ʊˈmɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈmi.di.tas/, [t̪uˈmiːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

tumiditās f (genitive tumiditātis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) A swelling, tumor.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tumiditās	tumiditātēs
genitive	tumiditātis	tumiditātum
dative	tumiditātī	tumiditātibus
accusative	tumiditātem	tumiditātēs
ablative	tumiditāte	tumiditātibus
vocative	tumiditās	tumiditātēs

Synonyms

• (swelling): tumentia, tumor

Related terms

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

References

• “tumiditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tumiditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.