fortia
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
fortia (plural fortias)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Originally the neuter plural of fortis (“strong, brave”), taken from expressions such as fortia facta 'brave deeds'. Attested in works such as the Formulary of Marculf.[1]
Noun edit
fortia f (genitive fortiae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fortia | fortiae |
Genitive | fortiae | fortiārum |
Dative | fortiae | fortiīs |
Accusative | fortiam | fortiās |
Ablative | fortiā | fortiīs |
Vocative | fortia | fortiae |
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian: (some possibly via Italian)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *fortiāre (see there for further descendants)
Adjective edit
fortia
References edit
- fortia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏrtia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 728
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “fortia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 447