I.to swell out, be swollen or tumid (mostly poet.; not in Cic.; cf. tumeo).
I. Lit.: “si lienes turgent,” Cato, R. R. 157, 7: Cyclopis venter turserat alte, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 326 Vahl.): “ora (ab ictu),” Ov. F. 3, 757: “lumina gemitu,” Prop. 1, 21, 3: “mammae,” Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 141: “rana,” Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 27: “laeto in palmite gemmae,” Verg. E. 7, 48: “frumenta,” id. G. 1, 315: “herba,” Ov. M. 15, 203: “caules,” Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73: “uva mero,” Mart. 13, 68, 2: “sacculus pleno ore,” Juv. 14, 138.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: “turgent mendacia nimiis monstris,” i. e. are full, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 350: “(uxor) turget mihi,” i. e. is swelling with anger, is enraged, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 17; so id. Most. 3, 2, 10.—
