fulmen

fulmen inis, n

2 FLAG-, a lightning flash, stroke of lightning, fire, thunderbolt : Iovi fulmen fabricati: ictu fulminis deflagrare: fulmine tactus, O.: fulmine percussus: fulminis ictūs Evadere, Iu.: minister fulminis, H.: contemnere fulmina, Iu.—Fig., a thunderbolt, destructive power, crushing blow : fulmina fortunae contemnere: dictatorium, L.: iustum, Iu.: Fulmen habent in dentibus apri, O.: duo fulmina nostri imperi, Scipiones: verborum meorum, i. e. resistless might .