LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tonitrus

tonitrus m (genitive tonitrūs)
Classical[ˈtɔ.nɪ.trʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔː.ni.trus]
tonitruus Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinethunder

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sonus magnus caelī post fulmen.
tonitrus -ūs m — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
sonus caelī, quī fulmen sequitur
tonitrus -ūs (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 23

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetonitrustonitrūs
genitivetonitrūstonitruum
dativetonitruītonitribus
tonitrubus
accusativetonitrumtonitrūs
ablativetonitrūtonitribus
tonitrubus
vocativetonitrustonitrūs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

caelum tonitru contremit
the heavens are shaken by the thunder.

tŏnī^trus, ūs, m., or tŏnī^trŭum, ii (
I. gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. tono, thunder.
(a). Sing.: tonitrum auribus accipiamus, Lucr. 6, 164; 6, 171: tonitrum audire, Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142: tonitruum terribile exsistit, id. 36, 13, 19, § 88; Sen. Q. N. 2, 54, 1; 2, 56, 1: auditum praeterea tonitruum, Treb. Gall. 5; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6: veri tonitrūs similitudinem imitari, Fest. s. v. Claudiana, p. 57 Müll.: caelum tonitru contremit, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157: tonitru caelum omne ciebo, Verg. A. 4, 122: tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum, id. ib. 5, 694.—The nom. tonitru, neutr., rests solely on the authority of grammarians, Fest. s. v. pecuum, p. 246 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.—
(b). Plur. (form tonitra, Att. Trag. 480): tum fulgores et tonitrua exsistere, Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; so, tonitrua, id. ib. 2, 18, 42; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188; Ov. M. 1, 55; 12, 52; Juv. 5, 117: clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1: subito coorta tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque, Liv. 1, 16; Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145; 19, 3, 13, § 37; 37, 10, 55, § 150; Ov. M. 11, 496; Phaedr. 5, 7, 23 al.: tonitrubus, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. 14, 2; 20, 1: movere tonitrus, Ov. M. 2, 308: tonitrus agis, Stat. Th. 1, 258: imbres et tonitrus fieri derepente, Gell. 10, 12, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sten-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tenh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tonh₂éyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*tonaō
  5. Latintonitrus

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin *tonitus ▲ Latin fulgetruminflu. Latin tonitrus From *tonitus, from tonō (“to thunder”) + -tus, with insertion of -r- by analogy with fulgetrum (“lightning”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseestrondo
  • Portuguesetonítruo
  • Spanishestruendo
  • Spanishtronido
  • Galicianestrondo
Balkan Romance
  • Romaniantunet
Italo-Romance
  • Italiantronito
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchtonnerrefrom Old French tuneire
  • Franco-Provençaltonêrro
  • Old Occitantoneire
  • Old Occitantonedre
  • Old Occitantroneire

In English words that came into English from tonitrus

  • tonitruanttonitrus
  • tonitruoustonitruōsus

Quick answers

What does tonitrus mean in Latin?
tonitrus, a noun, means “thunder”.
What is the genitive of tonitrus?
The genitive singular is tonitrūs. tonitrus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce tonitrus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɔ.nɪ.trʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɔː.ni.trus].
Where does tonitrus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sten-? → Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)tonh₂éyeti → Proto-Italic *tonaō → Latin tonitrus.