detumesco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ tumēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dētumēscō (present infinitive dētumēscere, perfect active dētumuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to become less swollen, to subside, to settle down
    Illa mēns effera ab ēlātiōnis fāstū dētumuit.
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Conjugation

References

  • detumesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • detumesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • detumesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.