Fortunatus

See also: fortunatus

Latin

Alternative forms

Fort. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /for.tuːˈnaː.tus/, [fɔr.tuːˈnaː.tʊs]
Homophone: fortūnātus

Proper noun

Fortūnātus m (genitive Fortūnātī); second declension

A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
1. Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (circa AD 530–600/609): Latin poet, hymnodist, and historian at the court of the Merovingians; bishop of Poitiers; and friend, beneficiary, and defender of Gregory of Tours

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Fortūnātus
genitive	Fortūnātī
dative	Fortūnātō
accusative	Fortūnātum
ablative	Fortūnātō
vocative	Fortūnāte

Descendants

French: Fortunat
Italian: Fortunato

References

2 Fortūnātus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “682/2”

Further reading

Venantius Fortunatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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