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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin fortis (“brave”). Doublet of fort and forte.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fortis (not comparable)
- (phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.
- 2004, Stephan Gramley, Michael Pätzold, A Survey of Modern English, Routledge (→ISBN), page 80:
- All vowels, whether short or complex, are relatively shorter when followed by a fortis consonant and relatively longer when followed by a lenis one or, for those where this is possible, when no consonant follows (in free or unchecked syllables).
- 2004, Stephan Gramley, Michael Pätzold, A Survey of Modern English, Routledge (→ISBN), page 80:
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fortis (neuter forte); third declension
- strong (physically powerful)
- (figuratively) courageous, brave, steadfast
Declension[edit]
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, fortīs | fortia | |
Ablative | fortī | fortibus | |||
Vocative | fortis | forte | fortēs | fortia |
- comparative: fortior, superlative: fortissimus
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From fōrs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fōrtis
References[edit]
- 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
- fortis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fortis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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
- be brave: fortem te praebe
Old Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Adjective[edit]
fortis
Declension[edit]
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: fortis
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