fulgetrum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fulge(ō) (“I flash, I glitter, I lighten”) +‎ -trum. For the formation, compare veretrum.

Noun

fulgetrum n (genitive fulgetrī); second declension

  1. lightning, heat lightning
    Synonyms: fulgur, fulgurātiō

Declension

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

  • “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
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