fulgetrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• fulgitrua

Etymology

From fulgeō (“to flash, to glitter, to lighten”) +‎ -trum.

Noun

fulgetrum n (genitive fulgetrī); second declension

1. lightning, heat lightning

   Synonyms: fulgur, fulgurātiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fulgetrum	fulgetra
genitive	fulgetrī	fulgetrōrum
dative	fulgetrō	fulgetrīs
accusative	fulgetrum	fulgetra
ablative	fulgetrō	fulgetrīs
vocative	fulgetrum	fulgetra

References

• “fulgetrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulgetrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fulgetrum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “fulgetrum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 511