fortiter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Italic *forktis

Old Latin forctis

Latin fortis

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin fortiter

From fortis (“strong, mighty”) + -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔr.tɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔr.ti.ter]

Adverb

fortiter (comparative fortius, superlative fortissimē)

1. strongly, powerfully
2. bravely, boldly

Related terms

• forticulus
• fortis
• fortitūdō

References

• “fortiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fortiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fortiter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a success; a glorious feat of arms: res fortiter feliciterque gesta
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)