fortitudo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From fortis (“strong, mighty”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.tiˈtuː.doː/, [fɔrt̪ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tiˈtu.do/, [fort̪iˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun edit
fortitūdō f (genitive fortitūdinis); third declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- English: fortitude
- French: fortitude
- Portuguese: fortitude (borrowing), fortidão
- Spanish: fortitud (borrowing), fortitúdine, forcedumbre
References edit
- “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