tonitruum

tŏnī̆trus, ūs, m., or tŏnī̆trŭum, ii ( gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. [tono], thunder.

Sing.:

tonitrum auribus accipiamus,

Lucr. 6, 164; 6, 171:

tonitrum audire,

Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142:

tonitruum terribile exsistit,

id. 36, 13, 19, § 88; Sen. Q. N. 2, 54, 1; 2, 56, 1: auditum praeterea tonitruum, Treb. Gall. 5; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6: veri tonitrūs similitudinem imitari, Fest. s. v. Claudiana, p. 57 Müll.: caelum tonitru contremit, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

tonitru caelum omne ciebo,

Verg. A. 4, 122:

tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum,

id. ib. 5, 694.—The nom. tonitru, neutr., rests solely on the authority of grammarians, Fest. s. v. pecuum, p. 246 Müll.; Serv. Verg. [p. 1878] A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.—

Plur. (form tonitra, Att. Trag. 480):

tum fulgores et tonitrua exsistere,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; so,

tonitrua,

id. ib. 2, 18, 42; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188; Ov. M. 1, 55; 12, 52; Juv. 5, 117: clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

subito coorta tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque,

Liv. 1, 16; Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145; 19, 3, 13, § 37; 37, 10, 55, § 150; Ov. M. 11, 496; Phaedr. 5, 7, 23 al.:

tonitrubus,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. 14, 2; 20, 1:

movere tonitrus,

Ov. M. 2, 308:

tonitrus agis,

Stat. Th. 1, 258:

imbres et tonitrus fieri derepente,

Gell. 10, 12, 3.

tŏnī̆trus, ūs, m., or tŏnī̆trŭum, ii ( gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. [tono], thunder.

Sing.:

tonitrum auribus accipiamus,

Lucr. 6, 164; 6, 171:

tonitrum audire,

Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142:

tonitruum terribile exsistit,

id. 36, 13, 19, § 88; Sen. Q. N. 2, 54, 1; 2, 56, 1: auditum praeterea tonitruum, Treb. Gall. 5; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6: veri tonitrūs similitudinem imitari, Fest. s. v. Claudiana, p. 57 Müll.: caelum tonitru contremit, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

tonitru caelum omne ciebo,

Verg. A. 4, 122:

tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum,

id. ib. 5, 694.—The nom. tonitru, neutr., rests solely on the authority of grammarians, Fest. s. v. pecuum, p. 246 Müll.; Serv. Verg. [p. 1878] A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.—

Plur. (form tonitra, Att. Trag. 480):

tum fulgores et tonitrua exsistere,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; so,

tonitrua,

id. ib. 2, 18, 42; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188; Ov. M. 1, 55; 12, 52; Juv. 5, 117: clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

subito coorta tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque,

Liv. 1, 16; Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 145; 19, 3, 13, § 37; 37, 10, 55, § 150; Ov. M. 11, 496; Phaedr. 5, 7, 23 al.:

tonitrubus,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. 14, 2; 20, 1:

movere tonitrus,

Ov. M. 2, 308:

tonitrus agis,

Stat. Th. 1, 258:

imbres et tonitrus fieri derepente,

Gell. 10, 12, 3.

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at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).

at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).

māchĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [machina], to contrive skilfully, to devise, design, frame, invent (class).

In gen.:

incredibile est, quantā operā machinata natura sit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

qui haec machinatus est,

id. Univ. 3:

haec duo musici machinati ad voluptatem sunt, versum atque cantum,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 174:

quod machiner inveniamque,

Lucr. 3, 944; cf. Vitr. 1, 6 med. —

In partic., to contrive artfully, to scheme, plot, = mêchanasthai:

aliquam machinabor machinam, Unde aurum efficiam amanti erili,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 54:

aliquam astutiam corde,

id. Capt. 3, 3, 15; 16; id. Cas. 2, 4, 22:

aliud quiddam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

inimico exitum,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

sibi nefariam pestem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66:

necem alicui,

Liv. 1, 51, 1:

perniciem alicui,

Sall. C. 18:

pestem in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2.—

Neutr. (post-class.):

adversus aliquem,

Dig. 4, 3, 1, § 3.— Part. perf. māchĭnātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

quae (sol, luna, etc.) ni machinata versarentur,

skilfully arranged, adjusted, Vitr. 10, 1: cum machinato strepitu tonitruum, artificial, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, and ap. Non. 180, 22 (Hist. 2, 23, 3 Dietsch);

App. de Mundo, p. 67: indicium a P. Autronio machinatum,

contrived, planned, devised, Sall. C. 48, 7: regis cura machinata fames, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P. (Hist. 3, 34 Dietsch).

rŭdens, entis ( gen. plur. rudentium, Vitr. 10, 19; Prud. adv. Symm. praef. 2; abl. rudenti, Vitr. 10, 2), m. ( fem., Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1) [etym. unknown; acc. to the [p. 1603] ancients from rudo, on account of the rattling; v. Non. p. 51], a rope, line, c ord (very freq. and class.; syn.: restis, funis).

Usu., a rope, line, belonging to the standing or running rigging of a ship; a stay, halyard, sheet, etc.; plur. collect., the rigging, cordage: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Pac. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll. N. cr.; and Serv. Verg. A. 1, 87 (Trag. Rel. p. 100 Rib.);

imitated by Vergil: clamorque virum stridorque rudentum,

Verg. A. 1, 87; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1; 76; 92; Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Verg. A. 3, 267; 682; 10, 229; Hor. Epod. 10, 5; Ov. M. 3, 616; 11, 474; 495 et saep.— Hence,

Rudens, the title of a comedy by Plautus. —

Trop.:

rudentem explicavit immensum,

spun a long yarn, unfolded a prodigious series of facts, Amm. 29, 1, 6. —Prov.:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

a very uncertain fortune, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40.—

The rope of an engine of war, Vitr. 10, 17 sq.

rŭdens, entis, Part. of rudo.

sībĭlus, i (collat. form, abl., sibilu, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—In plur. in the poets, prob. merely for the sake of the metre: sībĭla, ōrum; cf. 2. sibilus init.; but in Cic. sibili), m. [cf. siphnos, siblos, hollow; Angl. S. and Engl. sipan, sip; O. H. Germ. sip, Germ. Sieb, a sieve; regarded by the ancients as imitation of a natural sound; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 31; Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42], a hissing, a whistling (class.)

In gen.

Sing., of men:

sibilo dare signum,

Liv. 25, 8 fin. —Of cattle:

(boves) sibilo allectari,

Col. 2, 3, 2.—Of things: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

(arbor) Loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma,

Cat. 4, 12:

venientis sibilus austri,

Verg. E. 5, 82: sibilu significare alicui, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—

Plur., of wind instruments:

calamorum sibila,

Lucr. 5, 1382; cf.

pastoria,

Ov. M. 13, 785; Stat. Th. 6, 338.—Of snakes, etc.:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

sibila dant,

id. ib. 4, 493:

mittere,

id. ib. 15, 670;

15, 684: sibila torsit draco,

Val. Fl. 7, 726:

angues stridula fuderunt vibratis sibila linguis,

Luc. 9, 631:

sibila effundere,

id. 9, 724:

vibrare,

Sil. 3, 185; Corn. Sev. and Macer ap. Charis. p. 61 P.—Of a flying missile:

stridentis sibila teli,

Sil. 9, 247; Val. Fl. 6, 201. —

In partic., a contemptuous hissing, a hissing at or off (usually in plur.).

Sing.:

sibilum metuis?

Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—

Plur.:

e scaenā sibilis explodi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30:

aliquem sibilis consectari,

id. Att. 2, 18, 1:

crebris totius contionis sibilis vexatus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 6 ext.; Cic. Sest. 59, 126; cf.: gladiatorii sibili, id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.:

quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

id. Att. 2, 19, 3.

sībĭlus, a, um, adj. [1. sibilus], hissing, whistling ( poet.; occurring, on account of the metre, only in the form sibila; cf. 1. sibilus init.):

colla (colubrae),

Verg. G. 3, 421; id. A. 5, 277; cf.

ora (anguium),

id. ib. 2, 211:

coma torvae frontis (Panis),

Val. Fl. 3, 50.

sībĭlus, i (collat. form, abl., sibilu, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—In plur. in the poets, prob. merely for the sake of the metre: sībĭla, ōrum; cf. 2. sibilus init.; but in Cic. sibili), m. [cf. siphnos, siblos, hollow; Angl. S. and Engl. sipan, sip; O. H. Germ. sip, Germ. Sieb, a sieve; regarded by the ancients as imitation of a natural sound; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 31; Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42], a hissing, a whistling (class.)

In gen.

Sing., of men:

sibilo dare signum,

Liv. 25, 8 fin. —Of cattle:

(boves) sibilo allectari,

Col. 2, 3, 2.—Of things: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

(arbor) Loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma,

Cat. 4, 12:

venientis sibilus austri,

Verg. E. 5, 82: sibilu significare alicui, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—

Plur., of wind instruments:

calamorum sibila,

Lucr. 5, 1382; cf.

pastoria,

Ov. M. 13, 785; Stat. Th. 6, 338.—Of snakes, etc.:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

sibila dant,

id. ib. 4, 493:

mittere,

id. ib. 15, 670;

15, 684: sibila torsit draco,

Val. Fl. 7, 726:

angues stridula fuderunt vibratis sibila linguis,

Luc. 9, 631:

sibila effundere,

id. 9, 724:

vibrare,

Sil. 3, 185; Corn. Sev. and Macer ap. Charis. p. 61 P.—Of a flying missile:

stridentis sibila teli,

Sil. 9, 247; Val. Fl. 6, 201. —

In partic., a contemptuous hissing, a hissing at or off (usually in plur.).

Sing.:

sibilum metuis?

Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—

Plur.:

e scaenā sibilis explodi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30:

aliquem sibilis consectari,

id. Att. 2, 18, 1:

crebris totius contionis sibilis vexatus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 6 ext.; Cic. Sest. 59, 126; cf.: gladiatorii sibili, id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.:

quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

id. Att. 2, 19, 3.

sībĭlus, a, um, adj. [1. sibilus], hissing, whistling ( poet.; occurring, on account of the metre, only in the form sibila; cf. 1. sibilus init.):

colla (colubrae),

Verg. G. 3, 421; id. A. 5, 277; cf.

ora (anguium),

id. ib. 2, 211:

coma torvae frontis (Panis),

Val. Fl. 3, 50.

strĕpĭtus, ūs ( gen. strepiti, Enn. ap. Non. 490, 8; or Trag. v. 205 Vahl.), m. [strepo].

Lit., a (wild, confused) noise, din of any kind; a clashing, crashing, rustling, rattling, clattering, clanking, rumbling, etc. (class. and very freq.; cf.: crepitus, stridor, fragor): strepitus, fremitus, clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; cf.:

strepitus, crepitus, sonitus, tonitrus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: molarum strepitus, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 3 (Com. v. 7 Vahl.):

fluminum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:

strepitu nullo clam reserare fores,

Tib. 1, 8, 60; so,

ingens valvarum,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 112:

audis quo strepitu janua remugiat,

id. C. 3, 10, 5:

rotarum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 7:

obscenus, i. e. ventris,

Petr. 117 et saep.:

comitum conventus, strepitus, clamor mulierum Fecere, ut, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 27: non strepitu, sed maximo clamore,

Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 (cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 2):

inde fragore gravi strepitus loca terret,

Ov. M. 11, 365:

prae strepitu et clamore,

Liv. 2, 27, 8:

magno cum strepitu ac tumultu castris egressi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11; so (with tumultus) id. ib. 6, 7, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1:

concursus hominum forique strepitus,

id. Brut. 92, 317:

Romae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 12:

inter strepitum tot bellorum,

Liv. 4, 1, 5; cf.:

sententiarum vanissimus strepitus,

Petr. 1, 2.—In plur.:

canis, sollicitum animal ad nocturnos strepitus,

Liv. 5, 47, 3:

vino, strepitibus clamoribusque nocturnis attoniti,

id. 39, 15, 9.—

Poet., transf., a (measured, regular) sound:

citharae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

testudinis aureae,

id. C. 4, 3, 18:

tibicinae,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26.