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