Masculine

tumulus

Meaning

  1. (declension-2, masculine) A heap of earth, mound, hill, knoll, hillock.
  2. (declension-2, masculine) A barrow, grave, tumulus.

Concepts

mound
grave
🪦
hill

heap of earth

knoll
motte
mountain
⛰️
tomb
tumulus
wall
loma

colina

barrow
humplock
choline
fornix
hillock
Synonyms

tumulāmen

collis
B1
mons
B2
⛰️
tumulamen
Translations

Hügel
tertre
túmulo
cerro
monticule
heuvel
grafheuvel
colina
colline
greve
Grabhügel
túmul
collina
collinetta
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtʊ.mʊ.ɫʊs]
Etymology

From tumeō (“to swell”) + -ulus. Cognates include Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “swell”).

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