fulguratio

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fulgŭrātĭo: ōnis, f. fulguro,
I sheetlightning, lightning: fulguratio est late ignis explicitus: fulmen est coactus ignis et impetu jactus, Sen. Q. N. 2, 16; 2, 12; 21; 56.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: nubes mediocriter collisae fulgurationes faciunt: efficiunt majore impetu pulsae fulmina, Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 5.