brontea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbron.te.a/, [ˈbrɔn̪t̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbron.te.a/, [ˈbrɔn̪t̪eä]

Noun

brontea f (genitive bronteae); first declension

1. The thunderstone, a precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	brontea	bronteae
genitive	bronteae	bronteārum
dative	bronteae	bronteīs
accusative	bronteam	bronteās
ablative	bronteā	bronteīs
vocative	brontea	bronteae

References

• “brontea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• brontea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.