altitonans Latin · revision 9902

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=la altus, la tonō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aɫˈtɪ.tɔ.nãːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [alˈtiː.to.nans]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''altitonāns''' (genitive altitonantis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[altē]] “on high” or [[altus]] “high” and [[tonāns]], the present participle of [[tonō]] “to thunder”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Ennius' ''Annals'', ''Iuppiter altitonāns''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant thundering from on high, high-thundering, of Jupiter, as in Ennius and Cicero's ''pater altitonāns''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It survives in Italian ''altitonante''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Thundering on high (of [[m|en|jupiter|alt=Jupiter]]).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tonō]]

+ * [[altus]]

+ * [[Tonāns]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}