fortitudo

Latin

Etymology

From fortis (“strong, mighty”) +‎ -tūdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.tiˈtuː.doː/, [fɔr.tɪˈtuː.doː]

Noun

fortitūdō f (genitive fortitūdinis); third declension

1. strength, force
2. fortitude, resolve
3. bravery, courage, valor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fortitūdō	fortitūdinēs
genitive	fortitūdinis	fortitūdinum
dative	fortitūdinī	fortitūdinibus
accusative	fortitūdinem	fortitūdinēs
ablative	fortitūdine	fortitūdinibus
vocative	fortitūdō	fortitūdinēs

Related terms

• forticulus
• fortis
• fortiter

Descendants

• English: fortitude
• Portuguese: fortitude (borrowing), fortidão
• Spanish: fortitud, fortitúdine

References

• fortitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “fortitudo”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “fortitudo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)