"tonitrus" meaning in Latin

See tonitrus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈtɔ.nɪ.trʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɔː.ni.t̪rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: For unattested *tonitus, from tonō (“I thunder”) + -tus, with insertion of -r- after fulgetrum (“lightning”). Or, directly inherited from Proto-Italic *tonatros, thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tónh₂-tr̥ (“thunder”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánHtā. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|tonō|-tus|id2=action noun|t1=I thunder}} tonō (“I thunder”) + -tus, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*tonatros||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *tonatros, {{inh+|la|itc-pro||*tonatros|nocap=1}} inherited from Proto-Italic *tonatros, {{der|la|ine-pro|*(s)tenh₂-|*(s)tónh₂-tr̥|thunder}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)tónh₂-tr̥ (“thunder”), {{cog|iir-pro|*tánHtā}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánHtā Head templates: {{la-noun|tonitrus<4>}} tonitrus m (genitive tonitrūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tonitrus<4>}} Forms: tonitrūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tonitrus [nominative, singular], tonitrūs [nominative, plural], tonitrūs [genitive, singular], tonitruum [genitive, plural], tonitruī [dative, singular], tonitribus [dative, plural], tonitrum [accusative, singular], tonitrūs [accusative, plural], tonitrū [ablative, singular], tonitribus [ablative, plural], tonitrus [singular, vocative], tonitrūs [plural, vocative], tonitruum [alternative]
  1. thunder Wikipedia link: la:tonitrus Tags: declension-4, masculine Related terms: tonitruālis

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tunet"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: tunet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tronito"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tronito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tronito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "tonêrro"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: tonêrro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: tonêrro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "tuneire"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: tuneire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: tuneire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tonnerre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: tonnerre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: tonnerre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "toneire",
            "3": "tonedre",
            "4": "troneire"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: toneire, tonedre, troneire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: toneire, tonedre, troneire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "estrondo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: estrondo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: estrondo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "estrondo",
            "3": "tonítruo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: estrondo, tonítruo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: estrondo, tonítruo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "estruendo",
            "3": "tronido"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: estruendo, tronido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: estruendo, tronido"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
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        "3": "",
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)tenh₂-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)tónh₂-tr̥ (“thunder”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "*tánHtā"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "For unattested *tonitus, from tonō (“I thunder”) + -tus, with insertion of -r- after fulgetrum (“lightning”). Or, directly inherited from Proto-Italic *tonatros, thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tónh₂-tr̥ (“thunder”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánHtā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tonitrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitruum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitruī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitruum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonitrus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "tonitrus m (genitive tonitrūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonitrus<4>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "la:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunder"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonitrus-la-noun-Se~3R~e2",
      "links": [
        [
          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tonitruālis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "la:tonitrus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔ.nɪ.trʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔː.ni.t̪rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonitrus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tunet"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: tunet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: tunet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tronito"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tronito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tronito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "tonêrro"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: tonêrro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: tonêrro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "tuneire"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: tuneire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: tuneire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tonnerre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: tonnerre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: tonnerre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "toneire",
            "3": "tonedre",
            "4": "troneire"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: toneire, tonedre, troneire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: toneire, tonedre, troneire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "estrondo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: estrondo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: estrondo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "estrondo",
            "3": "tonítruo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: estrondo, tonítruo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: estrondo, tonítruo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "estruendo",
            "3": "tronido"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: estruendo, tronido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: estruendo, tronido"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "tonō",
        "3": "-tus",
        "id2": "action noun",
        "t1": "I thunder"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
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        "g2": "",
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    {
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "For unattested *tonitus, from tonō (“I thunder”) + -tus, with insertion of -r- after fulgetrum (“lightning”). Or, directly inherited from Proto-Italic *tonatros, thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tónh₂-tr̥ (“thunder”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánHtā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitruī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tonitribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitrūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonitruum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonitrus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "tonitrus m (genitive tonitrūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonitrus<4>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tonitruālis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin fourth declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Weather"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "la:tonitrus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔ.nɪ.trʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔː.ni.t̪rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonitrus"
}

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