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at-tŏno (better than adt- ), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a.,
I.to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19: “quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus (adt- ), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. ἐμβροντηθείς, ἐμβρόντητος.
A. Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded: “attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172: “quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,Sen. Q. N. 2, 27: “aures,Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101: “talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,Verg. A. 3, 172: “attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15; “44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de: “mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.: “Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater ... Attonitae diu similis fuit,id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600; “12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,Liv. 10, 29: “attoniti vultus,Tac. H. 1, 40: “circumspectare inter se attoniti,id. ib. 2, 29: “attonitis etiam victoribus,id. ib. 4, 72: “attonitā magis quam quietā contione,id. A. 1, 39: “attonitis jam omnibus,Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17: “attonitos habes oculos,Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.—Poet., with gen.: “attonitus serpentis equus,Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things: “neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.): “mensa,Val. Fl. 1, 45: “arces,Sil. 4, 7 Drak.: “quorundam persuasiones,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —
B. Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic: “attonitae Baccho matres,Verg. A. 7, 580: “Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—* Adv.: attŏnĭtē , frantically, etc.: “Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).
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