Latin

Noun

fulmen n ‎(genitive fulminis); third declension

1. lightning
2. thunderbolt

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• fulminō

Related terms

• fulgur

Descendants

• Friulian: sfulmin
• Istriot: foûlmini
• Italian: fulmine
• Portuguese: fúlmen
• Sicilian: fùrmini

References

• fulmen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fulmen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FULMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fulmen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the lightning flashes: fulmina micant
    
  • the lightning has struck somewhere: fulmen locum tetigit
    
  • to be struck by lightning: fulmine tangi, ici
    
  • struck by lightning: fulmine ictus