tonans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of tonō.

Participle

tonāns (genitive tonantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. thundering

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative tonāns tonantēs tonantia
genitive tonantis tonantium
dative tonantī tonantibus
accusative tonantem tonāns tonantēs
tonantīs
tonantia
ablative tonante
tonantī1
tonantibus
vocative tonāns tonantēs tonantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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