altitonans

== Latin == === Etymology === altē (“from on high”) +‎ tonāns, present participle of tonō (“I thunder”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈtɪ.tɔ.nãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈtiː.to.nans] === Adjective === altitonāns (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective Thundering from on high. (of wind) loud-roaring ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: altitonante === References === “altitonans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “altitonans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.