| 释义 |
‖ fulmen|ˈfʌlmɛn|
[L.; = ‘lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a thunderbolt’.]
A thunderbolt; thunder, esp. as the attribute of Jupiter.
1684I. Mather Remark. Provid. 79 The fulmeen or thunder-bolt is the same with the lightning. 1747J. Spence Polymetis ii. vi. 49 In his right hand..he grasps his fulmen; his thunder, as we are used to translate that word, improperly enough. 1812Examiner 25 May 328/1 We recognise the..god..by his fulmen.
fig.a1856Sir W. Hamilton (Ogilv.), Reasoning cannot find such a mine of thought, nor eloquence such a fulmen of expression. |