lightning (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. fulmen, ĭnis, n. (with ref. to its destructive effects)2. fulgur, ŭris, n. (strictly, the bright flash3. fulgŭrātio (= fulgur4. fulgor, ōris (any flashing light)5. fulgetrum, or pl. -a (a rare and antiquated word, used of continued flashes) • lightning (subs.): 1. fulmen, ĭnis, n. (with ref. to its destructive effects): Romulus was struck by l., R. fulmine ictus est, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47: (Phaethon) was burnt up by a flash of l., ictu fulminis deflagravit, id. Off. 3, 25, 94: Virg.: Ov. 2. fulgur, ŭris, n. (strictly, the bright flash: in poets and later authors = preced.): cf. Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44, where fulgur is expressly distinguished from fulmen: Virg.: Hor. 3. fulgŭrātio (= fulgur: the play of electric flame): Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, init. 4. fulgor, ōris (any flashing light): poet. for fulgur, Lucr. 6, 170. 5. fulgetrum, or pl. -a (a rare and antiquated word, used of continued flashes): Sen. Q. N. 2, 56. Phr.: relating to l., fulguralis: e. g., f. libri, books on the import of l., Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: one who interprets l., fulgurator, ib. 2, 53, 109: to strike with l., fulminare (trans.), Sen. Q. N. 2, 23: Lact.