fulgetrum
Latin
Alternative forms
- fulgitruum (after tonitruum)
Etymology
From fulge(ō) (“I flash, I glitter, I lighten”) + -trum. For the formation, compare veretrum.
Noun
fulgetrum n (genitive fulgetrī); second declension
- lightning, heat lightning
- Synonyms: fulgur, fulgurātiō
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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
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