turgeo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

turgeō —, —, ēre,

to swell out, be swollen, be tumid: turgentia ora (from the stings of hornets). O.: laeto in palmite gemmae, V.: sacculus pleno ore, Iu.—Fig., of speech, to be inflated, be turgid, be bombastic: professus grandia turget, H.

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