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)

heap, pile
(meteorology) cumulus (cloud)
mound

Related terms

cumulare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cumulo

first-person singular present indicative of cumulare

Latin

Etymology

From cumulus (“a heap”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.mu.loː/, [ˈkʊmʊɫ̪oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.mu.lo/, [ˈkuːmulo]

Verb

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

I heap, pile up, amass, accumulate.
Synonyms: accumulō, exstruō, struō, onerō, inaedificō, colligō
I fill by heaping, overload.
Synonyms: impleō, expleō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
I increase, augment
Synonyms: adiciō, multiplicō, augeō, incitō, accumulō
Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō
(figuratively) I 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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cumulā	—	—	cumulāte	—
active	future	—	cumulātō	cumulātō	—	cumulātōte	cumulantō
passive	present	—	cumulāre	—	—	cumulāminī	—
passive	future	—	cumulātor	cumulātor	—	—	cumulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

accumulō
cumulātē
cumulātus

Related terms

cumulus

Descendants

Asturian: combrar
English: cumulate (borrowing)
French: combler, cumuler (borrowing)
Italian: cumulare (borrowing) colmare
- Portuguese: colmar
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 (2003-2023) 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

first-person singular present indicative of cumular

Spanish

Verb

cumulo

first-person singular present indicative of cumular