Literary notes about fragor (AI summary)
The term “fragor” is employed to evoke the overwhelming impact of sound, frequently conveying the tumult of thunder, warfare, or natural phenomena. In several passages, it encapsulates the crashing, resounding noise of both external forces and internal turmoil, as when it illustrates the roar of a battle or the sudden onset of a storm’s peal ([1], [2], [3], [4]). At times, its usage even extends to describe the dynamic shifts in musical or dramatic settings, transitioning from a loud, violent crash to moments of subdued calm ([5]). This layered connotation enriches the narrative, imbuing scenes with both auditory intensity and symbolic significance ([6], [7], [8]).
- Thrice down—down—as low as the pools of Avernus breaks out a peal— "Terque fragor stagnis auditus Avernis."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various - Jam coeli circum tonuit fragor: arma minasque Turbida cum flammis mista ferebat hiems.
— from The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II by Richard Crashaw - Horrendus ubique it fragor et pugnae spatium discriminat aër.
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2)With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus - His movement has the terror of thunder breaking in the middle of the night,— “Quem sequitur fragor, et fractæ collisio nubis.”
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20) by Charles Sumner - The Italians called it fragor , and when you see it Fp , or fp , it means a quick, loud sound, suddenly subsiding into a piano or soft sound.
— from Harper's Young People, March 7, 1882An Illustrated Weekly by Various - O nimium dilecte Deo, cui concidit ingens Oceani fragor, et rabidæ silet ira procellæ, Pacatusq. cadit, infecto vulnere, serpens.
— from Gustavus Vasaand other poems by William Sidney Walker - Por ese tiempo, la antorcha de la guerra civil abrasó aquellas comarcas, y el fragor del cañón homicida ahogó las risas y los gemidos.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López - fragor, ōris [ frangō ], m., noise , esp. thunder peal .
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond
