fulgur

See also: Fulgur

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ɡur/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ɡur/, [ˈfulɡur]

Noun

fulgur n (genitive fulguris); third declension

1. lightning, a flash of lightning

   Synonym: fulgor

2. thunderbolt

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fulgur	fulgura
Genitive	fulguris	fulgurum
Dative	fulgurī	fulguribus
Accusative	fulgur	fulgura
Ablative	fulgure	fulguribus
Vocative	fulgur	fulgura

Derived terms

• fulgurālis
• fulgurō

Related terms

• fulgeō
• fulgor
• fulmen

Descendants

• Aromanian: sfulgu
• Franco-Provençal: fudra
• French: foudre
• Friulian: folc

• Italian: folgore
• Occitan: fólzer
• Romanian: fulger
• Portuguese: fulgor
• → Sicilian: fùrguri

References

• “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fulgur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.