tumescere

tumescere [CL] 1 to (begin to) swell, become distended or inflated; b (pr. ppl. as adj.); c (transf.). d (of sea) to swell, run high. filium ‥ toto corpore ~entem et in ultimo spiritu anhelantem V. Cuthb. IV 6; follescit, ~it GlC F 270; ita ut a planta usque ad lumbos totum corpus ejus ~eret Ord. Vit. IV 15 p. 274; quidam ‥ post exitum anime a corpore ~unt, cum prius non fuerint tumidi Quaest. Salern. Ba 120; luna ‥ cum ‥ jam ~it et quasi ventrem facit Gir. TH II 3; venter etiam †tuscit [l. ~it], dolorem quandoque in renibus sentit M. Scot Phys. 15. b gracilis sub cingulo / umbilicum preextendit / paululum ventriculo / tumescenciore P. Blois Carm. 8. 5. 50. c illa logices ventosa loquacitas qua ~is P. Blois Ep. 9. 26B. d legatos ‥ instruunt qui ~entis pelagi profunda rimentur Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 5; invenit tunc fretum impletum inundacione magna, maris undis ~entibus (Cainnicus 4) VSH I 153. 2 to become swollen with pride or passion. qui grassantur et tumescunt spiritu barbarico Ord. Vit. IX 15 p. 605; spiritus hominis tribus modis ~it et grandescit in se; ‥ ~it opinione vana, spe vana, cupiditate vana Bald. Cant. Serm. 16. 486D; tu nescius unde tumescis? / nec scis nec scire vis. ergo cur tumuisti / curque superbire contra me non timuisti M. Cornw. Hen. 156.

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