I.swollen, inflated, distended, turgid (class.; syn. tumidus).
I. Lit.: “membrum tumidum ac turgidum,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: “oculi,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 15: “labra,” Mart. 6, 39, 8: “venter,” App. M. 6, p. 176, 40; cf.: “aqua subter cutem fusa turgidus,” Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148: “haedus, Cui frons turgida cornibus,” Hor. C. 3, 13, 4: “loca semine,” Lucr. 4, 1034: “mare,” Hor. C. 1, 3, 19; cf.: “fluvii hibernā nive,” id. ib. 4, 12, 4: “vento vela,” id. ib. 2, 10, 24; Ov. Am. 2, 11, 42: “(femina),” i. e. pregnant, id. A. A. 2, 661.—
II. Trop., of speech, inflated, turgid (very rare): “oratio,” Petr. 2, 6: “Alpinus,” Hor. S. 1, 10, 36: “alto fastu,” Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 158.
