intono

in-tŏno, ŭi (āvi), 1, v. n., to thunder (class.).

I.

Lit.:

partibus intonuit caeli Pater ipse sinistris, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106: cum deus intonuit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 27:

intonuere poli,

Verg. A. 1, 90:

pater omnipotens ter intonuit,

id. ib. 7, 142;

9, 361: deus majestatis intonuit,

Vulg. Psa. 28, 3 et saep.— Impers.:

intonuit laevum,

Verg. A. 2, 693; Ov. M. 14, 542.—

B.

Transf., to make a noise, resound:

et clipeum super intonat ingens,

Verg. A. 9, 709:

concussa arma intonuere,

Sil. 2, 213:

unus praecipue servus tam valde intonuit, ut,

Petr. 78:

ingenti latratu canis,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 142:

Eurus Intonat Aegaeo,

Val. Fl. 2, 365.—

2.

Pregn., to bring down with a thundering sound:

clavam superne intonat,

Val. Fl. 3, 169; cf.:

Eois intonata fluctibus hiems,

Hor. Epod. 2, 51.—

II.

Trop., to cry out vehemently; to thunder forth:

hesternā contione intonuit vox perniciosa tribuni,

Cic. Mur. 38, 81:

exsurgit atque intonat ore,

Verg. A. 6, 607:

intonet horrendum,

Juv. 6, 485:

cum haec intonuisset plenus irae,

Liv. 3, 48:

minas,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 46; Prop. 2, 1, 40:

silvae intonuere,

Verg. A. 7, 515; Ov. F. 4, 267. — Poet.: (Fortuna) simul intonuit, proxima [p. 989] quaeque fugat, has threatened, Ov. P. 2, 3, 24:

armis urbi,

Sil. 14, 298.