altitonans
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]altē (“from on high”) + tonāns, present participle of tonō (“I thunder”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈti.to.nans/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɪt̪ɔnä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈti.to.nans/, [äl̪ˈt̪iːt̪onäns]
Adjective
[edit]altitonāns (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Thundering from on high.
- (of wind) loud-roaring
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
[edit]- Italian: altitonante
References
[edit]- “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.