fulgur

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Fulgur fit in nūbibus et per atmosphaeram caelī ad terram dēmittitur.
 (Lightning occurs in the clouds and descends through the atmosphere of the sky to the earth.)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fulgur n (genitive fulguris); third declension

  1. lightning, a flash of lightning
    Synonym: fulgor
  2. thunderbolt
    Synonym: fulmen
  3. brightness, splendor
    Synonym: fulgor

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fulgur fulgura
Genitive fulguris fulgurum
Dative fulgurī fulguribus
Accusative fulgur fulgura
Ablative fulgure fulguribus
Vocative fulgur fulgura

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References

  • “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulgur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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