hurls lightnings

fulmĭno, āre, v. n. and a. [id.].

Neutr., to lighten, to hurl lightnings; hence, impers.: fulminat, it lightens ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. fulgeo): at Boreae de parte trucis cum fulminat, Verg. G. 1, 370:

minore vi ad fulgurandum opus est quam ad fulminandum,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 23:

nec fulminantis magna manus Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 6:

fulminantem perjurant Jovem,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—With a homogeneous object:

ignes,

Auct. Aetn. 342.—

Trop.:

Caesar dum magnus ad altum Fulminat Euphraten bello,

thunders in war, Verg. G. 4, 561; cf.:

fulminat Aeneas armis,

threatens lightning, thunders in arms, id. A. 12, 654:

fulminat illa oculis,

hurls lightnings, darts fire, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 55; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16.—

Act., to strike or blast with lightning:

caelestis flamma Ingentes quercus, annosas fulminat ornos,

Claud. Ep. 1, 40:

a deo fulminari,

Lact. 1, 10:

vulnera fulminatorum,

Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145.—

Trop.:

fulminatus hac pronuntiatione in lectulum decidi,

thunderstruck, Petr. 805.