fulgetrum
Meaning
- neuterlightning, heat lightning
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Fulgur · Fulguratio · Fulmen
Fulgur, fulgetrum, and fulguratio, denote the shining of the lightning in the horizon, like ἀστραπή; fulgur, as momentary and single flashes; fulguratio, as continued and repeated; whereas fulmen means the lightning that strikes the earth, like κεραυνός. Liv. xl. 59. Fulguribus præstringentibus aciem oculorum, sed fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut petit viderentur corpora. Curt. viii. 4, 3. Ovid, Met. iii. 300. Cic. Divin. ii. 19. Plin. H. N. ii. 43. Si in nube erumpat ardens, fulmina; si longiore tractu nitatur fulgetra; his findi nubem, illis perrumpi. Sen. Q. N. i. 1. (iii. 318.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
| genitive | fulgetrī | fulgetrōrum |
| dative | fulgetrō | fulgetrīs |
| accusative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
| ablative | fulgetrō | fulgetrīs |
| vocative | fulgetrum | fulgetra |
si longiore tractu nitatur, fulgetra, id. 2, 43, 43, § 112: quae pingi non possunt, id. 35, 10, 36, § 96.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰl̥géh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*folgēō
- Latinfulgetrum
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin fulgetrum From fulgeō (“to flash, to glitter, to lighten”) + -trum.