altitonans

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Latin

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Etymology

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altē (from on high) +‎ tonāns, present participle of tonō (I thunder).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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altitonāns (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Thundering from on high.
  2. (of wind) loud-roaring

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia
Genitive altitonantis altitonantium
Dative altitonantī altitonantibus
Accusative altitonantem altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia
Ablative altitonantī altitonantibus
Vocative altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia

Descendants

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  • Italian: altitonante

References

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  • altitonans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • altitonans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.