verb intransitive

dētŏno

2nd PP dē-tŏnāre · 3rd PP dē-tŏnŭi · conj. 1st

To thunder down, to thunder

To thunder down, to thunder.

hic (sc. Juppiter) ubi detonuit, Ov. Tr. 2, 35.— literal •

Prop.: hic (sc. Juppiter) ubi detonuit, Ov. Tr. 2, 35.—

to thunder forth, express in thundertones, to storm figuratively ••

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. Silv. 2, 7, 65.—

To cease thundering;; to cease raging •

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.

Perseus ID: n13535 Key: detono