Tónitrus, huius tónitrus, pen. cor. m. g. vel hoc Tonitru, indeclinabile, in singulari: in plurali tonitrua. Ouidi. Iuuenal. Thunder.Tonitrua iactuique fulminum Cic.Coorta tempestas cum magno fragore, tonitribusque.Liu.Coruscum tonitru.Virg.Thunder bursting out with lightning.Ingens tonitru.Ouid.Agere tonitrus.Stat.Raucum tonitru. Sta. Vastum tonitru.Val. Flac.Cœlum ciebo tonitru.Virg.Sonoro tonitru cuncta concutiens. Cla. With roring shunder shaking all the worlde.Concussa tonitru tremunt omnia. Lucret. All places shake with the terrible thunder.Cœlum tonitru contremit.Cic.Mouere tonitrus.Ouid.To raise thunder.Humanas morura tonitrua mentes.Ouid.Tonitru quatiuntur cærula cœli. Lucret. Terrificiq; ruunt tonitrus.Val. Flac.Vaga tonitrua latè strepuere. Sil. Ardua terrarum tremiscunt tonitru.Virg. Armorum tonitru concussa est Daunia tellus. Sil.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tŏnītrus, ūs, m., or tŏnītrŭum, ii (gen. tonitrui, Vulg. Marc. 3, 17), n. [tono], thunder.(a).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. A. 5, 694; Charis. p. 18; 23; Prisc. p. 624; 685; 714 P. al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 350 sq.— (b).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.