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turgĕo , rsi, gēre, v. n. cf. Gr. σπαργάω, to swell; σφριγάω, to be full; perh. Sanscr. root ūrgā, succulence; Gr. ὀργάω, to swell, etc.,
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.—
B. Of speech, to be inflated, turgid, bombastic: “oratio, quae turget et inflata est,Auct. Her. 4, 10, 45: “professus grandia turget,Hor. A. P. 27.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.203
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 3.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.315
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 27
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.5
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.6
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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