fortis

See also: Fortis

English

Etymology

From Latin fortis (“brave”).

Pronunciation

enPR: fôr'tĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹtɪs/

Adjective

fortis (not comparable)

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

Antonyms

lenis

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) (file)

Adjective

fortis (neuter forte); third declension

strong (physically powerful)
(figuratively) courageous, brave, steadfast

Declension

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
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

Terms derived from fortis

ā fortiōrī
forticulus

Descendants

Aragonese: fuerte
Asturian: fuerte
Basque: bortitz
Catalan: fort
Dalmatian: fuart
English: fort, forte, fortis
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

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
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, 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

Old Latin

Alternative forms

forctis
forctus

Etymology

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

Adjective

fortis

strong

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latin: fortis

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