adjective

fulmĭnĕus

fem. fulmĭnea · neut. fulmĭneum

belonging to lightning poetic

of or belonging to lightning (poet.).

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Lit.: ignis, Lucr. 2, 382; Ov. M. 11, 524; id. P. 2, 2, 118: ictus, Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618: fragor, Val. Fl. 2, 501.—

figuratively

Trop. *

Sparkling; splendid; brilliant •

Sparkling, splendid, brilliant: Mnestheus (i. e. with sparkling arms), Verg. A. 9, 812 (cf. ib. 733): fulminea in casside, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 194.—

Destructive; killing ••

(Acc. to fulmen, II.) Destructive, murderous, killing: dextra, Val. Fl. 4, 167: os (apri), Ov. F. 2, 232; cf.: dentes (apri), Phaedr. 1, 21, 5: rictus lupi, Ov. M. 11, 36: ensis, Verg. A. 4, 580; 9, 442: ira, Sil. 11, 99: iter, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 200.

Perseus ID: n19001 Key: fulmineus