fulgur

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fulgus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”). The expected declension according to regular sound changes would be *fulgus / fulgeris. The nominative fulgus is in fact given by Festus as an alternative form. The oblique stem fulger- is attested in Lucretius ("quasi protelo stimulatur fulgere fulgur"), and also in inscriptions in the spelling of derived words such as fulgerātor. Some Romance descendants also derive from a stem fulger- (although they could alternatively descend from fulgere, the infinitive of the verb fulgō). The usual nominative/accusative/vocative singular form, fulgur, shows replacement of -s with -r, presumably by analogy to the oblique stem. This analogical change is not usual in neuter third-declension nouns, but rōbur n (“oak”), iubar n (“splendor; brightness”) and sulphur n (“brimstone; lightning”) are other possible examples. The usual oblique stem fulgur- shows replacement of expected -er- or -or- with -ur-. Kent 1932 and Parker 1986 suggest that -o- was raised to -u- by assimilation to the vowel in the first syllable in this word, and also in sulphur (though ulcus shows regular ulcer-). Compare also (non-neuter) augur. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.ɡʊr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful.ɡur] === Noun === fulgur n (genitive fulguris); third declension lightning, a flash of lightning Synonyms: fulgor, fulgetrum, fulgurātiō, fulmen thunderbolt Synonyms: fulmen, ictus brightness, splendor Synonyms: fulgor, clāritas̄, clāritūdō, nitor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fulgur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fulgur”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247