fulgur
κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre
Latin > English
fulgur fulguris N N :: lightning, flashing, brightness; [pubica ~ => things blasted by lightning]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fulgur: (also in the nom. FVLGVS, acc. to Fest. s. v. fulgere, p. 92
I fin. Müll. N. cr.), ŭris, n. fulgeo, flashing lightning, lightning.
I Prop. (=splendor fulminis, opp. fulmen, a thunderbolt): fulgur, ignis qui coruscat fulmine, Non. 5, 33: eodem modo fit fulgur, quod tantum splendet, et fulmen, quod incendit ... fulmen est fulgur intentum, Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3: nimbi immixtaque fulgura ventis, Ov. M. 3, 300: credas et rapidum Aetnaeo fulgur ab igne jaci, id. F. 1, 574: passim fremitus et fulgura fiunt, Lucr. 6, 270: CAELI FVLGVRA REGIONIBVS RATIS TEMPERANTO, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21: de fulgurum vi dubitare, id. Div. 1, 10, 16; cf.: fulgura interpretantes, id. ib. 1, 6, 12; cf. also: consultus de fulgure haruspex, Suet. Dom. 16; Tac. A. 15, 47 al.: tonitrua et fulgura paulo infirmius expavescebat, Suet. Aug. 90; cf. id. Calig. 51: qui ad omnia fulgura pallent, Juv. 13, 223: tonitruque et fulgure terruit orbem, Ov. M. 14, 817: dium fulgur appellabant diurnum, quod putabant Jovis, ut nocturnum Summani, Fest. p. 75 Müll.; cf.: provorsum fulgur appellatur, quod ignoratur noctu an interdiu sit factum, Fest. p. 229 Müll. N. cr.—
II Transf.
A For fulmen, a lightning-flash that descends and strikes, a thunder-bolt (not in class. prose): feriunt summos fulgura montes, Hor. C. 2, 10, 12; Lucr. 6, 391: caelo ceciderunt plura sereno fulgura, Verg. G. 1, 488.—
2 In partic., in relig. lang.: condere fulgur, to bury a thing struck by lightning: aliquis senior, qui publica fulgura condit, Juv. 6, 586: ‡ fulgur conditum, Inscr. Orell. 2482; cf. Luc. 1, 606.—
B For fulgor, brightness, splendor (poet. and very rare): solis, Lucr. 2, 164; so, flammaï, id. 1, 725; cf.: nictantia flammae, id. 6, 182: clarae coruscis Fulguribus tedae, id. 5, 297: galeae, Claud. Cons. Hon. 3, 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fulgŭr,¹¹ ŭris, n. (fulgeo), éclair : Cic. Div. 1, 16 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 57, 3 || foudre : Lucr. 6, 391 ; Virg. G. 1, 488 || [fig.] lueur, éclat : Lucr. 2, 164 || fulgura condere, enfouir les objets frappés de la foudre : Juv. 6, 586 ; CIL 9, 1047.
Latin > German (Georges)
fulgur, uris u. oris, n. (fulgeo), I) das Blitzen, Blinken, der blitzende od. blinkende Glanz, -Schein, der Schimmer, solis, flammai, Lucr.: galeae, Claud.: rapidum Aetnaeo fulgur ab igne iaci, Ov. – II) insbes., der Blitz im allg., sowohl insofern er leuchtet, das Wetterleuchten, als insofern er einschlägt, Cic. u.a. – condere fulgura publica, s. con-do. – personif. als Gottheit, Iuppiter Fulgur, Vitr. 1, 2, 5 u. Corp. inscr. Lat. 12. p. 331. Vgl. übh. über fulgur, fulmen u. Wortfamilie C. Thulin in Wölfflins Archiv 14, 369 ff. u. 509 ff. – / Abl. Sing. fulgere, *Lucr. 4, 190 (189) nach Lachm. Vermutung. – Plur. fulgora, Cic. de div. 1, 12 (wo cod. A fulgera) u. 2, 42. Min. Fel. 5, 9.
