fortitudo

Latin

Etymology

From fortis (“strong, mighty”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.tiˈtuː.doː/, [fɔrt̪ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.tiˈtu.do/, [fort̪iˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

fortitūdō f (genitive fortitūdinis); third declension

1. strength, force

   Synonyms: efficācia, capācitās, ops, valētūdō

2. fortitude, resolve
3. bravery, courage, valor

   Synonyms: virtūs, spīritus, fīdūcia, animus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fortitūdō	fortitūdinēs
Genitive	fortitūdinis	fortitūdinum
Dative	fortitūdinī	fortitūdinibus
Accusative	fortitūdinem	fortitūdinēs
Ablative	fortitūdine	fortitūdinibus
Vocative	fortitūdō	fortitūdinēs

Related terms

• forticulus
• fortis
• fortiter

Descendants

• English: fortitude
• French: fortitude
• Portuguese: fortitude (borrowing), fortidão
• Spanish: fortitud (borrowing), fortitúdine, forcedumbre

References

• “fortitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fortitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortitudo 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)
• fortitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette