As welling, rising, or puffing. vp. Repentinus oculorum tumor. Cic. A sodaine swelling, &c. Corporis bonam valerudinem tumor imitatur. Author ad Heren. Minuere aliquid ex tumore. Celsus. To alay the swelling somewhat. Obcalluit tumor. Ci. The swelling is gathered to an hard nesse. Tumor animi. Cic. Loftinesse and prowdnesse of minde. Inanis tumor. Quint. Vanus. Sil. Gerere tumores mente. Lucan. To be loftie and prowde. Tumor rerum. Cicero. The ill state of things beginning to butst out to trouble.

I. Lit.: oculorum tumor, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; so of a tumor, id. ib. 3, 9, 19; Auct. Her. 2, 27, 44.—In plur.: tumores ardentes, Plin. 20, 25, 96, 257: tollere, id. 21, 21, 89, 157: discutere, id. 24, 4, 6, 11: vetat Chrysippus ad recentes quasi tumores animi remedium adhibere. Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63: turpia cum faceret Palladis ora tumor, inflation of the cheeks from blowing the tibia, Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 18: tumor excitat papillas, a swelling, Mart. 8, 64, 10: pelagi, i. e. the surge, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 72: tumor ille loci permansit, et alti Collis habet speciem, a rising, elevation, hillock, etc., Ov. M. 15, 305; cf.: tumores terrae. Front. Colon. pp. 126 and 127 Goes.—

II. Trop.

A. A swelling, commotion, fermentation, excitement of the mind from any passion, as pride, anger, etc. (cf. tumeo and tumidus, II.).

1. From anger: cum tumor animi resedisset, Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: erat in tumore animus, id. ib. 3, 31, 76: ira habet non solidum robur, sed vanum tumorem, Sen. Ira. 1, 17, 4: datum tempus, quo resideret tumor publicus, id. ib. 3, 2, 5: tumor et irae Concessere deum, Verg. A. 8, 40: ponatur omnis ira et ex animo tumor erasus abeat, Sen. Thyest. 519: residente animi tumore, Lact. de Ira Dei, 18 med.—

2. From pride, vanity, etc.: hinc illi aucta insolentia mirusque animo increvit tumor, Just. 11, 11, 12; Sen. Hippol. 136; Claud. Ep. 1, 6; Luc. 10, 99: tumor et vana de se persuasio, Quint. 2, 2, 12: regius, Sen. Hippol. 136: multos tumores mente gerit, Luc. 10, 99; Claud. Ep. 1, 7.—

3. From other passions: et inquietus inguina arrigat tumor, i. e. desire, Auct. Priap. 83, 42.—

B. A ferment, commotion in affairs or society, Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2: praesens et civilia nuper classica, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 117.—

C. Of speech, an inflated or pompous style, bombast (post-Aug.): genus dicendi, quod tumore immodico turgescit, Quint. 12, 10, 73; 2, 10, 7; 9, 4, 140; 12, 6, 5: verborum, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 5; Petr. 1; Gell. 2, 23, 21.