dē-tŏno, ŭi, 1, v. n.
I To thunder down, to thunder .
A Prop.: hic (sc. Juppiter) ubi detonuit, Ov. Tr. 2, 35.—
B Trop., to thunder forth, express in thundertones, to storm (freq. in Florus): captis superioribus jugis in subjectos detonuit, Flor. 1, 17, 5; of Hannibal's invasion of Italy, id. 2, 6, 10 al.: adversus epistolam meam turba patricia detonabit, Hier. Ep. 47: haec ubi detonuit, Sil. 17, 202; of lofty poetry, Stat. S. 2, 7, 65.—
II To cease thundering; so only trop., to cease raging : Aeneas nubem belli, dum detonet omnis, sustinet, * Verg. A. 10, 809 (bellantum impetum sustinet, donec deferveat, Serv.): ira, Val. Fl. 4, 294: dicendi vitiosa jactatio, Quint. 12, 9, 4.