fulgur

See also: Fulgur

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈful.ɡur/, [ˈfʊɫ̪ɡʊr]

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

Noun

fulgur n (genitive fulguris); third declension

lightning, a flash of lightning
Synonym: fulgor
thunderbolt
Synonym: fulmen
brightness, splendor
Synonym: fulgor

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

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: sfulgu
Franco-Provençal: fudra
French: foudre
Friulian: folc
Italian: folgore
Occitan: fólzer
Catalan: foldre (ant.)
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.

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