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fulmino

fulmino · v. n

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Where it lives

Hercules Oetaeus 3 · 2.66/10k
Hercules 2 · 2.63/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Amores 2 · 1.28/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 1 · 1.18/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Elegiae 2 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

fulmĭno — Lewis & Short

fulmĭno, āre, v. n. and

I a. [id.].

I Neutr., to lighten, to hurl lightnings; hence, impers.: fulminat, it lightens (poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. fulgeo): at Boreae de parte trucis cum fulminat, Verg. G. 1, 370: minore vi ad fulgurandum opus est quam ad fulminandum, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23: nec fulminantis magna manus Jovis, Hor. C. 3, 3, 6: fulminantem perjurant Jovem, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—With a homogeneous object: ignes, Auct. Aetn. 342.—

B Trop.: Caesar dum magnus ad altum Fulminat Euphraten bello, thunders in war, Verg. G. 4, 561; cf.: fulminat Aeneas armis, threatens lightning, thunders in arms, id. A. 12, 654: fulminat illa oculis, hurls lightnings, darts fire, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 55. Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16.—

II Act., to strike or blast with lightning: caelestis flamma Ingentes quercus, annosas fulminat ornos, Claud. Ep. 1, 40: a deo fulminari, Lact. 1, 10: vulnera fulminatorum, Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145.—

B Trop.: fulminatus hac pronuntiatione in lectulum decidi, thunderstruck, Petr. 805.

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