altitonans

Latin

Etymology

altē (“from on high”) +‎ tonāns, present participle of tonō (“I thunder”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

altitonāns (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Thundering from on high.
  2. (of wind) loud-roaring

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia
genitive altitonantis altitonantium
dative altitonantī altitonantibus
accusative altitonantem altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia
ablative altitonantī altitonantibus
vocative altitonāns altitonantēs altitonantia

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.
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