fulmen

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *fulgimen, that is, fulgeō (“flash, glare, lighten”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈful.men/, [ˈfʊɫ.mẽ]

Noun

fulmen n (genitive fulminis); third declension

  1. lightning
  2. thunderbolt

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fulmen fulmina
genitive fulminis fulminum
dative fulminī fulminibus
accusative fulmen fulmina
ablative fulmine fulminibus
vocative fulmen fulmina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Friulian: sfulmin
  • Istriot: foûlmini
  • Italian: fulmine
  • Portuguese: fúlmen
  • Sicilian: fùrmini

References

  • fulmen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fulmen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulmen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fulmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
    • the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
    • to be struck by lightning: fulmine tangi, ici
    • struck by lightning: fulmine ictus
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