English

Noun

tumulus ‎(plural tumuli)

1. (archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 1

     They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.

   • 2004, Douglas Keister, Stories in Stone, Gibbs Smith (publisher), ISBN 1-58685-321-X, page 14:

     The tumulus is one of mankind's oldest burial monuments, dating back to 4,000 to 5,000 years B.C.

Synonyms

• burial mound
• burian (chiefly Scottish)

Derived terms

• Tumulus culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō ‎(“I swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mu.lus/

Noun

tumulus m ‎(genitive tumulī); second declension

1. A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock.
2. A barrow, grave, tumulus.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• tumulāmen
• tumulō
• tumulōsus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• tumulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tumulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TUMULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tumulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • on the edge of the hill: ad extremum tumulum
    
• tumulus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• tumulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers