Noun: fulgur
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | fulgur |
| Plural | fulgura |
Genitive
| Singular | fulguris |
| Plural | fulgurum |
Dative
| Singular | fulgurī |
| Plural | fulguribus |
Accusative
| Singular | fulgur |
| Plural | fulgura |
Ablative
| Singular | fulgure |
| Plural | fulguribus |
Vocative
| Singular | fulgur |
| Plural | fulgura |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fulgur
zingiber,
cadāver,
aecor,
allēc,
iūger,
jūger,
cicer,
iubar,
jubar,
lāsar,
lāser,
piper,
gas,
vēr,
siler,
sūber,
aequor,
fulgur,
guttur,
laccar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *folgos, from the same root as fulgeō (“flash, lighten”). The expected declension according to regular sound changes would be *fulgus /fulgeris. The nominative fulgus is in fact given by Festus as an alternative form. The oblique stem fulger- is attested in Lucretius ("quasi protelo stimulatur fulgere fulgur"), and also in inscriptions in the spelling of derived words such as fulgerātor. Some Romance descendants also derive from a stem fulger- (although they could alternatively descend from fulgere, the infinitive of the verb fulgō).
2. The usual nominative/accusative/vocative singular form, fulgur, shows replacement of -s with -r, presumably by analogy to the oblique stem. This analogical change is not usual in neuter third-declension nouns, but rōbur n (“oak”), iubar n (“splendor; brightness”) and sulphur n (“brimstone; lightning”) are other possible examples. The usual oblique stem fulgur- shows replacement of expected -er- or -or- with -ur-. Kent 1932 and Parker 1986 suggest that -o- was raised to -u- by assimilation to the vowel in the first syllable in this word, and also in sulphur (though ulcus shows regular ulcer-). Compare also (non-neuter) augur.
Verbs referencing "fulgur"
German Nouns
Blitz, English Nouns
fulgurite, Romanian Nouns
fulger.
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