fulmenta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fulˈmen.ta/, [fʊɫ̪ˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fulˈmen.ta/, [fulˈmɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

fulmenta f (genitive fulmentae); first declension

1. alternative form of fulmentum (“prop, support”)
2. heel of a shoe
   • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 718–724:

     Quid ego nunc agam,
     nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clupeum ad dorsum accomodem,
     fulmentas iubeam suppingi soccis? Non sisti potest.
     Video caculam militarem me futurum hau longius:
     Atque aliquem ad regem in saginam si eru’ se coniexit meus,
     credo ad summos bellatores acrem – fugitorem fore
     et capturum spolia ibi illum qui meo ero advorsus venerit.

     What do I do now, if not to pack my knapsack, fit my shield on my back, and let fasten the heels under the shoes? It cannot be stopped.
     I see myself as a military drudge in a future not far:
     My master stepping into the service and nourishment of some king, I believe that with the mightiest warriors he will be the foremost in retreat
     and will seize spoils where someone shall come against my master.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fulmenta	fulmentae
genitive	fulmentae	fulmentārum
dative	fulmentae	fulmentīs
accusative	fulmentam	fulmentās
ablative	fulmentā	fulmentīs
vocative	fulmenta	fulmentae

Noun

fulmenta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fulmentum

References

• “fulmenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fulmenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fulmenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fulmenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers