"fulmen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfʌlmən/ Forms: fulmina [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulmen. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|fulmen}} Borrowed from Latin fulmen Head templates: {{en-noun|fulmina}} fulmen (plural fulmina)
  1. (obsolete) A thunderbolt. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fulmen-en-noun-Z4vNA8p1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. An artistic or graphic representation of a thunderbolt.
    Sense id: en-fulmen-en-noun-9XMxEVq~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: brutum fulmen

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈfʊɫ.mɛn] [Classical-Latin], [ˈful.men] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From fulgō/fulgeō (“flash, glare, lighten”) + -men (noun-forming suffix), with simplification of *-lgm- to -lm-. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|fulgeō|-men|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=flash, glare, lighten}} fulgeō (“flash, glare, lighten”) + -men (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|fulmen<3>}} fulmen n (genitive fulminis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fulmen<3>}} Forms: fulminis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fulmen [nominative, singular], fulmina [nominative, plural], fulminis [genitive, singular], fulminum [genitive, plural], fulminī [dative, singular], fulminibus [dative, plural], fulmen [accusative, singular], fulmina [accusative, plural], fulmine [ablative, singular], fulminibus [ablative, plural], fulmen [singular, vocative], fulmina [plural, vocative]
  1. lightning that strikes or sets on fire; a thunderbolt Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: ictus, fulgur Derived forms: fulminō, fulmineus Related terms: fulgur

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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