altitonans

Latin

Etymology

altē (“from on high”) +‎ tonāns, present participle of tonō (“I thunder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈti.to.nans/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɪt̪ɔnä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈti.to.nans/, [äl̪ˈt̪iːt̪onäns]

Adjective

altitonāns (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Thundering from on high.
2. (of wind) loud-roaring

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	altitonāns			altitonantēs	altitonantia
genitive	altitonantis			altitonantium
dative	altitonantī			altitonantibus
accusative	altitonantem	altitonāns		altitonantēs	altitonantia
ablative	altitonantī			altitonantibus
vocative	altitonāns			altitonantēs	altitonantia

Descendants

• Italian: altitonante

References

• “altitonans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• altitonans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.