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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin tumulus.
Noun
tumulo m (plural tumuli)
- mound
- (archaeology) tumulus, barrow
- tomb, grave
- Synonyms: sepolcro, tomba
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tumulo
- 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
- (transitive) to cover with a mound; bury, inter, entomb
- Synonym: humō
Conjugation
Descendants
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
- dative/ablative singular of tumulus