fulgetrum
Latin
Alternative forms
- fulgitruum (after tonitruum)
Etymology
From fulgeō (“to flash, to glitter, to lighten”) + -trum.
Noun
fulgetrum n (genitive fulgetrī); second declension
- lightning, heat lightning
- Synonyms: fulgur, fulgurātiō
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
| genitive | fulgetrī | fulgetrōrum |
| dative | fulgetrō | fulgetrīs |
| accusative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
| ablative | fulgetrō | fulgetrīs |
| vocative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
References
- “fulgetrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulgetrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fulgetrum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “fulgetrum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 511