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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of tonō.
Participle
tonāns (genitive tonantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- thundering
Declension
Third-declension participle.
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.