tonitrus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from tonāre (“to thunder”), tonō (“I thunder”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.ni.trus/, [ˈt̪ɔnɪt̪rʊs̠]
- (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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Descendants[edit]
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