fortificatio

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical; from fortificō (“strengthen, fortify”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /for.ti.fiˈka.ti.o/, [fɔrt̪ɪfɪˈkät̪iɔ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.ti.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [fort̪ifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

fortificātiō f (genitive fortificātiōnis); third declension

1. a strengthening, fortifying

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fortificātiō	fortificātiōnēs
Genitive	fortificātiōnis	fortificātiōnum
Dative	fortificātiōnī	fortificātiōnibus
Accusative	fortificātiōnem	fortificātiōnēs
Ablative	fortificātiōne	fortificātiōnibus
Vocative	fortificātiō	fortificātiōnēs

Related terms

• forticulus
• fortificō
• fortis
• fortiter
• fortitūdō

Descendants

• Catalan: fortificació
• English: fortification
• French: fortification
• Italian: fortificazione
• Portuguese: fortificação
• Romanian: fortificație
• Russian: фортификация (fortifikacija)
• Spanish: fortificación

References

• “fortificatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortificatio 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)
• fortificatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.