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单词 fulgurator
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fulguratorn.

Brit. /ˈfʌlɡjᵿˌreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfəlɡ(j)əˌreɪdər/, /ˈfʊlɡ(j)əˌreɪdər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fulgurātor.
Etymology: < classical Latin fulgurātor person who interprets omens given by lightning, (as a title of Jupiter) sender of lightning < fulgurāt- , past participial stem of fulgurāre fulgurate v. + -or -or suffix.
historical. Now rare.
A person (esp. an Etruscan or Roman priest) who interprets omens from the action of lightning.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > one who interprets lightning
fulgurator1713
1713 in T. Creech tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things (new ed.) II. vi. 656 The Priest, or Interpreter of Lightning, was call'd Fulgurator.
1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things vi. Comm. v The Tuscan fulgurators..were induced..to direct sacrifices which they knew would be unacceptable to the Gods.
1872 A. Lindsay Etruscan Inscriptions analysed translated & commented Upon v. 82 It speaks, however, of a personage whose public offices, that of ‘Fulgurator’ especially, were peculiarly Etruscan.
1980 G. Wolfe Shadow of Torturer vii. 74 Master Gurloes would appear trailing three or four journeymen and perhaps an examiner and a fulgurator.
2010 V. León How to Mellify Corpse iv. 175 When a site got hit, it became sacred ground. The fulgurators cleaned it, buried the damage, fenced it in, and posted a sign that it was now the sole property of Jupiter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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