fulgur

See also: Fulgur

Latin

Fulgur fit in nūbibus et per atmosphaeram caelī ad terram dēmittitur.
(Lightning occurs in the clouds and descends through the atmosphere of the sky to the earth.)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ɡur/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡʊr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ɡur/, [ˈfulɡur]

Noun

fulgur n (genitive fulguris); third declension

lightning, a flash of lightning
Synonym: fulgor
thunderbolt
Synonym: fulmen
brightness, splendor
Synonym: fulgor

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fulgur	fulgura
Genitive	fulguris	fulgurum
Dative	fulgurī	fulguribus
Accusative	fulgur	fulgura
Ablative	fulgure	fulguribus
Vocative	fulgur	fulgura

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: sfulgu
Franco-Provençal: fudra
French: foudre
Friulian: folc
Italian: folgore
Occitan: fólzer
Catalan: foldre (ant.)
Romanian: fulger
Portuguese: fulgor
→ Sicilian: fùrguri

References

“fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fulgur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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