cumulo

See also: cúmulo and cumulò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.mu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -umulo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧mu‧lo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumolo, and possibly mucchio.

Noun

cumulo m (plural cumuli)

  1. heap, pile
  2. (meteorology) cumulus (cloud)
  3. mound

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cumulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cumulare

Latin

Etymology

From cumulus (“a heap”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cumulō (present infinitive cumulāre, perfect active cumulāvī, supine cumulātum); first conjugation

  1. to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate
    Synonyms: accumulō, exstruō, struō, onerō, inaedificō, colligō
  2. to fill by heaping, overload
    Synonyms: impleō, expleō, compleō, repleō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
  3. to increase, augment
    Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, augeō, incitō, accumulō
    Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō
  4. (figuratively) to make complete, accomplish
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, agō, expleō, patrō, conclūdō, condō, impleō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, gerō, peragō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of cumulō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cumulō cumulās cumulat cumulāmus cumulātis cumulant
imperfect cumulābam cumulābās cumulābat cumulābāmus cumulābātis cumulābant
future cumulābō cumulābis cumulābit cumulābimus cumulābitis cumulābunt
perfect cumulāvī cumulāvistī,
cumulāstī1		 cumulāvit,
cumulāt1		 cumulāvimus,
cumulāmus1		 cumulāvistis,
cumulāstis1		 cumulāvērunt,
cumulāvēre,
cumulārunt1
pluperfect cumulāveram,
cumulāram1		 cumulāverās,
cumulārās1		 cumulāverat,
cumulārat1		 cumulāverāmus,
cumulārāmus1		 cumulāverātis,
cumulārātis1		 cumulāverant,
cumulārant1
future perfect cumulāverō,
cumulārō1		 cumulāveris,
cumulāris1		 cumulāverit,
cumulārit1		 cumulāverimus,
cumulārimus1		 cumulāveritis,
cumulāritis1		 cumulāverint,
cumulārint1
passive present cumulor cumulāris,
cumulāre		 cumulātur cumulāmur cumulāminī cumulantur
imperfect cumulābar cumulābāris,
cumulābāre		 cumulābātur cumulābāmur cumulābāminī cumulābantur
future cumulābor cumulāberis,
cumulābere		 cumulābitur cumulābimur cumulābiminī cumulābuntur
perfect cumulātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cumulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cumulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cumulem cumulēs cumulet cumulēmus cumulētis cumulent
imperfect cumulārem cumulārēs cumulāret cumulārēmus cumulārētis cumulārent
perfect cumulāverim,
cumulārim1		 cumulāverīs,
cumulārīs1		 cumulāverit,
cumulārit1		 cumulāverīmus,
cumulārīmus1		 cumulāverītis,
cumulārītis1		 cumulāverint,
cumulārint1
pluperfect cumulāvissem,
cumulāssem1		 cumulāvissēs,
cumulāssēs1		 cumulāvisset,
cumulāsset1		 cumulāvissēmus,
cumulāssēmus1		 cumulāvissētis,
cumulāssētis1		 cumulāvissent,
cumulāssent1
passive present cumuler cumulēris,
cumulēre		 cumulētur cumulēmur cumulēminī cumulentur
imperfect cumulārer cumulārēris,
cumulārēre		 cumulārētur cumulārēmur cumulārēminī cumulārentur
perfect cumulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cumulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cumulā — — cumulāte —
future — cumulātō cumulātō — cumulātōte cumulantō
passive present — cumulāre — — cumulāminī —
future — cumulātor cumulātor — — cumulantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cumulāre cumulāvisse,
cumulāsse1		 cumulātūrum esse cumulārī cumulātum esse cumulātum īrī
participles cumulāns — cumulātūrus — cumulātus cumulandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cumulandī cumulandō cumulandum cumulandō cumulātum cumulātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Asturian: combrar
  • English: cumulate (borrowing)
  • French: combler, cumuler (borrowing)
  • Italian: cumulare (borrowing) colmare
  • Portuguese: cumular (borrowing)
  • Sicilian: curmari
  • Spanish: colmar, cumular (borrowing)

References
  • “cumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cumulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cumulo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • cumulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget
    • to (richly) recompense a kindness or service: beneficium remunerari or reddere (cumulate)
    • to overwhelm with eulogy: omni laude cumulare aliquem
    • to heap crime on crime: scelus scelere cumulare (Catil. 1. 6. 14)

Portuguese

Verb

cumulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cumular

Spanish

Verb

cumulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cumular
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