fortuna
Catalan edit
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fortuna f (plural fortunes)
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- “fortuna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “fortuna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fortuna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fortuna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From fortuno (“fortune, luck”) + -a.
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Adjective edit
fortuna (accusative singular fortunan, plural fortunaj, accusative plural fortunajn)
Finnish edit
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fortuna
- bagatelle, pin bagatelle (table game)
- Synonym: fortunapeli
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Inflection of fortuna (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fortuna | fortunat | ||
genitive | fortunan | fortunoiden fortunoitten | ||
partitive | fortunaa | fortunoita | ||
illative | fortunaan | fortunoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fortuna | fortunat | ||
accusative | nom. | fortuna | fortunat | |
gen. | fortunan | |||
genitive | fortunan | fortunoiden fortunoitten fortunainrare | ||
partitive | fortunaa | fortunoita | ||
inessive | fortunassa | fortunoissa | ||
elative | fortunasta | fortunoista | ||
illative | fortunaan | fortunoihin | ||
adessive | fortunalla | fortunoilla | ||
ablative | fortunalta | fortunoilta | ||
allative | fortunalle | fortunoille | ||
essive | fortunana | fortunoina | ||
translative | fortunaksi | fortunoiksi | ||
abessive | fortunatta | fortunoitta | ||
instructive | — | fortunoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “fortuna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).
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fortuna f (plural fortunas)
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).
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Noun edit
fortuna f (plural fortune, diminutive fortunèlla, augmentative fortunóna, pejorative fortunàccia)
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- fortuna in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- fortuna in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- fortuna in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- fortuna in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- fortùna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- fortuna in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- fortuna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *fortūnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂. Substantivized feminine form of an unattested adjective *fortūnus, from the -tus-derivation *fortus to ferō, + -nus.[1] Ultimately from *bʰer- (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈtuː.na/, [fɔrˈt̪uːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈtu.na/, [forˈt̪uːnä]
Noun edit
fortūna f (genitive fortūnae); first declension
- fortune, luck
- good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710
- Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.
- All misfortune is to be overcome by enduring.
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book X, lines 42-43
- Speravimus ista, dum fortuna fuit.
- Such we hoped, while good fortune was.
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710
- destiny, fate
- Synonyms: fātum, sors, necessitās
- prosperity
- (in the plural) possessions
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.11:
- Quibus rebus adductus Caesar non expectandum sibi statuit dum, omnibus fortunis sociorum consumptis, in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent.
- Caesar, induced by these circumstances, decides that he ought not to wait until the Helvetii, after destroying all the property of his allies, should arrive among the Santones.
- Quibus rebus adductus Caesar non expectandum sibi statuit dum, omnibus fortunis sociorum consumptis, in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | fortūna | fortūnae |
Genitive | fortūnae | fortūnārum |
Dative | fortūnae | fortūnīs |
Accusative | fortūnam | fortūnās |
Ablative | fortūnā | fortūnīs |
Vocative | fortūna | fortūnae |
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References edit
- “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fortuna 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)
- fortuna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
- to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
- to run a risk; to tempt Providence: fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
- to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
- to have success in one's grasp: fortunam in manibus habere
- to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
- luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
- the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
- Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
- to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
- Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
- misfortune, adversity: fortuna adversa
- to struggle with adversity: conflictari (cum) adversa fortuna
- the vicissitudes of fortune: fortunae vicissitudines
- to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
- to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse
- to be a victim of the malice of Fortune: ad iniurias fortunae expositum esse
- to acquiesce in one's fate: fortunae cedere
- to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
- I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
- to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
- to drive a person out of house and home: evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriis
- to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
- a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- “fortuna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fortuna”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “fortuna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fors”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
Occitan edit
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fortuna f (plural fortunas)
Polish edit
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fortuna f (diminutive fortunka)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fortuna f (plural fortunas)
Further reading edit
- “fortuna” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “fortuna” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “fortuna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “fortuna” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “fortuna” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “fortuna” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fortūna,[1] from fors (“chance, luck”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fortuna f (plural fortunas)
- fortune
- Synonyms: prosperidad, riqueza
- fortune, prophecy, reading
- wealth
- Synonym: patrimonio
- luck
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “fortuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014