fulmine

[ fuhl-min ]

/ ˈfʌl mɪn /

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verb (used with or without object), ful·mined, ful·min·ing.Archaic.

to fulminate.

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Origin of fulmine

First recorded in 1580–90, fulmine is from the Latin word fulmināre

In a preceding line there is an allusion to the proverb, Procul a Jove, sed procul a fulmine.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
Ipse repertorem medicinæ talis et artis Fulmine Phœbigenam Stygias detrusit ad undas.
The Advancement of Learning|Francis Bacon
Ipsum vero Pallas fulmine percussum procell vi scopulo etiam allisit.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851|Various
From the same root come our words "fate," "fanatic," etc. "Fanaticum dicitur arbor fulmine icta."
Ten Great Religions|James Freeman Clarke

From what hand shall it fulmine over England as over Greece?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various