fortunatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of fortūnō (“make prosperous”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /for.tuːˈnaː.tus/, [fɔrt̪uːˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.tuˈna.tus/, [fort̪uˈnäːt̪us]

Adjective

fortūnātus (feminine fortūnāta, neuter fortūnātum, comparative fortūnātior, superlative fortūnātissimus, adverb fortūnātē); first/second-declension adjective

1. blessed, prosperous, lucky, fortunate
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.437–438:

     “Ō fortūnātī, quōrum iam moenia surgunt!”
     Aenēās ait, et fastīgia suspicit urbis.

     “Oh fortunate [ones], whose walls already rise!” Aeneas cries, while gazing at the rooftops of the city.

2. well off, wealthy, rich

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fortūnātus	fortūnāta	fortūnātum		fortūnātī	fortūnātae	fortūnāta
Genitive	fortūnātī	fortūnātae	fortūnātī		fortūnātōrum	fortūnātārum	fortūnātōrum
Dative	fortūnātō		fortūnātō		fortūnātīs
Accusative	fortūnātum	fortūnātam	fortūnātum		fortūnātōs	fortūnātās	fortūnāta
Ablative	fortūnātō	fortūnātā	fortūnātō		fortūnātīs
Vocative	fortūnāte	fortūnāta	fortūnātum		fortūnātī	fortūnātae	fortūnāta

Descendants

• French: fortuné
• Friulian: fortunât
• Italian: fortunato
• Ligurian: fortunòu
• Piedmontese: fortunà

Verb

fortūnātus

1. perfect participle of fortūnō

Derived terms

• īnfortūnātus

Related terms

• fortūna
• fortūnātē
• fortūnō

References

• “fortunatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fortunatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortunatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)