tumulo

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See also: túmulo and tumulò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.mu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -umulo
  • Hyphenation: tù‧mu‧lo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin tumulus.

Noun

tumulo m (plural tumuli)

  1. mound
  2. (archaeology) tumulus, barrow
  3. tomb, grave
    Synonyms: sepolcro, tomba

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tumulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tumulare

Further reading

  • tumulo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From tumulus (mound, hill; tumulus), from tumeō (I swell).

Verb

tumulō (present infinitive tumulāre, perfect active tumulāvī, supine tumulātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to cover with a mound; bury, inter, entomb
    Synonym: humō
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: tumulate
  • Italian: tumulare

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

tumulō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of tumulus