I.to swell, be swollen or tumid, to be puffed out or inflated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. turgeo).
I. Lit.: So. Quid hoc in collo tibi tumet? Sa. Vomica'st: “pressare parce,” Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 11: “corpus tumet omne veneno,” Ov. M. 3, 33: “guttura plenis venis,” id. ib. 3, 73: “lumina fletu,” Tib. 1, 8, 68 (al. timet): “pedes,” Verg. A. 2, 273: “nares ac pectus,” Quint. 11, 3, 29: “fauces,” id. 11, 3, 30: “inritata loca semine,” Lucr. 4, 1045: “Achelous imbre,” Ov. M. 8, 549: “vela sinu,” Mart. Spect. 26, 6: “a vento unda,” Ov. F. 2, 776: “gemma in tenero palmite,” id. ib. 3, 238: “licet tumeant freta ventis,” Tib. 4, 1, 194: “sacci multo hordeo,” Phaedr. 2, 7, 3: “clivus molliter orbe, Claud. de Apono, 12: anni (virginis),” i. e. to be ripe, Stat. Achill. 1, 292; “v. tumesco and tumidus: cujus aceto tumes?” Juv. 3, 293.—Absol.: “rutam tritam imponunt contusis tumentibusque,” swellings, tumors, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 15, 14, 15, § 52: “in inmensis quā tumet Ida jugis,” Ov. H. 5, 138.—
II. Trop.
A. To swell, be swollen with passionate excitement, to be excited, violent, ready to burst forth: “sapientis animus semper vacat vitio, numquam turgescit, numquam tumet,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: “multis gentibus irā tumentibus,” Liv. 31, 8, 11.—With dat. (poet.): “accensum quis bile feret famulisque tumentem Leniet?” Stat. S. 2, 1, 58: “pectus anhelum, Et rabie fera corda tument,” Verg. A. 6, 49; cf.: “bile jecur,” Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: “nescio quid animus tumet,” Sen. Thyest. 267 sq.: “animus irā,” id. Phoen. 352: “leo animis,” id. Troad. 1096: “tument negotia,” are in a ferment, unsettled, approaching a crisis, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 1: “quoniam Galliae tumeant,” Tac. H. 2, 32: “animi plebis,” Plin. Pan. 28, 3: “bella,” Ov. H. 7, 121.—With inf.: “mens tumet jungere, etc.,” Val. Fl. 1, 199.—
B. To be puffed up with pride or vanity, to swell (poët. and in post-Aug. prose): “tumens inani graculus superbiā,” Phaedr. 1, 3, 4: “Mithridateis nominibus,” Ov. M. 15, 755: “alto stemmate,” Juv. 8, 40: “partā jam laude,” Val. Fl. 3, 677: “merito,” Mart. 4, 46, 2: “vana,” Verg. A. 11, 854: “laudis amore tumes,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36: “tibicinum gloriā tumere,” Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 8: “Alexander tumens successu rerum,” Just. 39, 2, 1: “stirpe Alexandri,” Aur. Vict. Caes. 29, 2.—
