tonitrus
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
For unattested *tonitus, from tonō (“I thunder”) + -tus, with insertion of -r- after fulgetrum (“lightning”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.ni.trus/, [ˈt̪ɔnɪt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.ni.trus/, [ˈt̪ɔːnit̪rus]
Noun edit
tonitrus m (genitive tonitrūs); fourth declension
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tonitrus | tonitrūs |
| Genitive | tonitrūs | tonitruum |
| Dative | tonitruī | tonitribus |
| Accusative | tonitrum | tonitrūs |
| Ablative | tonitrū | tonitribus |
| Vocative | tonitrus | tonitrūs |
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References edit
- “tonitrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tonitrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tonitrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the heavens are shaken by the thunder: caelum tonitru contremit
- the heavens are shaken by the thunder: caelum tonitru contremit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “tonō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623