tonitrualis

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-01-20
Primary meaning of thunder
Literal translation of thunder
Variants
tonitrualis
Edited by
of thunder meteorological phenomenon

Quorum alia sunt posita in monumentis et disciplina, quod Etruscorum declarant et haruspicini et fulgurales et tonitruales libri, vestri etiam augurales;

‘Some are based upon records and usage, as is evident from the Etruscan books on divination by means of inspection of entrails and by means of thunder and lightning, and as is also evident from the books of your augural college;’

— Cicero, De Divinatione 1.33

Genre: philosophy
Provenance: Rome
Date: 44 BC

Cicero. On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination. Translated by W. A. Falconer. Loeb Classical Library 154. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923. 302-303

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). tonitrualis (Lemma #2733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). tonitrualis (Lemma #2733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). tonitrualis (Lemma #2733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) tonitrualis (Lemma #2733), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2733,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {tonitrualis ({Lemma} #2733)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2733/},
}