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Quāle caelum est? │ What’s the weather like?
grandinat: it’s
hailing
nūbilat: it grows
dark / it is cloudy
fulgurat: there is
lightning / it lightens
lūcet: it is daybreak / it is light
- Sōl lūcet: the sun shines
- Sōl omnibus lūcet (Petronius) ¦ The sun shines on everyone
- lūcēscit: it’s getting light; it’s dawning
Note: -sc- that marks an inchoative or inceptive
verb; these verbs indicate the beginning of an action or an action that is
increasing:
- frigēscit: it’s getting cold
- calēscit: it’s getting warm / hot
- glaciēs liquēscit: the ice is melting
Discussed here: https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/inchoative%20verbs
ningit: it snows
pluit: it rains
- lēniter pluit: it’s raining gently; it’s drizzling
- urceātim pluit: it’s raining buckets
(dis)serēnat: it clears up / it becomes clear
rōrat: dew forms
tonat: it’s thundering
- Iuppiter tonat: Jupiter thunders
ventus spīrat / flat: the wind blows
