grandino

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

grandĭno, āre, 1, v. impers. [grando], to hail.

I Lit.: quare hieme ningat, non grandinet, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73, 7.—

II Transf.: sagittis, plumbo et saxis grandinat, nivit, Pac. ap. Non. 507, 28.—

B To hail upon : vinea grandinata est, August. ap. Psa. 49.