fortissimus

Latin

Adjective

fortissimus (feminine fortissima, neuter fortissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of fortis
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.96–97:

     “[...] Ō Danaum fortissime gentīs Tȳdīdē! [...].”

     “Oh [Diomedes], bravest [warrior] of the race of the Danaans, [son of] Tydeus!”
     (Aeneas, speaking in apostrophe and using the vocative case in Latin, infers the name of Diomedes, son of Tydeus. See “Danaus” meaning “Greek” or “Grecian.”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fortissimus	fortissima	fortissimum		fortissimī	fortissimae	fortissima
Genitive	fortissimī	fortissimae	fortissimī		fortissimōrum	fortissimārum	fortissimōrum
Dative	fortissimō		fortissimō		fortissimīs
Accusative	fortissimum	fortissimam	fortissimum		fortissimōs	fortissimās	fortissima
Ablative	fortissimō	fortissimā	fortissimō		fortissimīs
Vocative	fortissime	fortissima	fortissimum		fortissimī	fortissimae	fortissima

References

• fortissimus 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)
• fortissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a hero: vir fortissimus