fulmenta

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fulˈmen.ta/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fulˈmen.ta/,

Noun

fulmenta f (genitive fulmentae); first declension

alternative form of fulmentum (“prop, support”)
heel of a shoe
- c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 718–724:
  Quid ego nunc agam,
  nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clupeum ad dorsum accomodem,
  fulmentas iubeam suppingi soccis? Non sisti potest.
  Video caculam militarem me futurum hau longius:
  Atque aliquem ad regem in saginam si eru’ se coniexit meus,
  credo ad summos bellatores acrem – fugitorem fore
  et capturum spolia ibi illum qui meo ero advorsus venerit.
  What do I do now, if not to pack my knapsack, fit my shield on my back, and let fasten the heels under the shoes? It cannot be stopped.
  I see myself as a military drudge in a future not far:
  My master stepping into the service and nourishment of some king, I believe that with the mightiest warriors he will be the foremost in retreat
  and will seize spoils where someone shall come against my master.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fulmenta	fulmentae
Genitive	fulmentae	fulmentārum
Dative	fulmentae	fulmentīs
Accusative	fulmentam	fulmentās
Ablative	fulmentā	fulmentīs
Vocative	fulmenta	fulmentae

Noun

fulmenta

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fulmentum

References

“fulmenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fulmenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
fulmenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“fulmenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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