fortis

English

Etymology

From Latin fortis (“brave”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôr'tĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹtɪs/

Adjective

fortis (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬝 (bərəzaṇt̰), Sanskrit बर्हयति (barhayati, “to invigorate”) and Old English burg (English borough).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.tis/, [ˈfɔr.tɪs]

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

fortis (neuter forte); third declension

1. strong (physically powerful)
2. (figuratively) courageous, brave, steadfast

Declension

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	fortis	forte		fortēs	fortia
genitive	fortis			fortium
dative	fortī			fortibus
accusative	fortem	forte		fortēs	fortia
ablative	fortī			fortibus
vocative	fortis	forte		fortēs	fortia

• comparative: fortior, superlative: fortissimus

Derived terms

Terms derived from fortis

• ā fortiōrī
• forticulus

• fortificātiō
• fortificō

• fortiter
• fortitūdō

Descendants

• Aragonese: fuerte
• Asturian: fuerte
• Basque: bortitz
• Catalan: fort
• Dalmatian: fuart
• English: fort, forte
• French: fort
• Friulian: fuart

• Galician: forte
• Italian: forte
• Occitan: fòrt
• Portuguese: forte
• Romanian: foarte
• Sardinian: folte, forte, forti
• Spanish: fuerte

Etymology 2

From fōrs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.tis/, [ˈfoːr.tɪs]

Noun

fōrtis

1. genitive singular of fōrs

References

• fortis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “fortis”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “fortis” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • be brave: fortem te praebe
    
  • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    
  • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
    

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Old Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Alternative forms

• forctis
• forctus

Adjective

fortis

1. strong

Declension

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Descendants

• Latin: fortis