English → Latin
“thunder-struck” in Latin
percellōto beat down; to overturn or upset; to strike or smitefulgurōto glitter, flash, shine brightlyattonōto strike with lightning; to distract; to stun, stupefy, fascinateobstupefaciōto astonish, amaze, astound, stupefy; to be stunned, amazed, paralysedterreōto frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)exterreōto strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrifyperterreōto frighten or terrify (thoroughly)perturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmcōnsternōto alarm, shock, startle, terrify, throw into confusioncōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingle
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thunder-struck
PROP., fulmine tactus or perculsus: de caelo tactus (poetical): fulguratus (Varr.).
Figuratively, attonitus: perculsus: obstupefactus: territus: exterritus: perterritus: perturbatus: (animo) consternatus (beside one’s self with agitation): (animo) confusus (confounded): commotus: permotus (deeply moved). Sometimes afflictus: percussus: attonitus: fulminatus: exanimatus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) obstupefactus ac perterritus: confusus et attonitus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thunder-struck?
- The usual Latin words for “thunder-struck” are percellō, fulgurō, attonō; also obstupefaciō, terreō, exterreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.