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 quaeque fugat, has threatened , Ov. P. 2, 3, 24: armis urbi, Sil. 14, 298.