fortitudo
Latin
Etymology
From fortis (“strong, mighty”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.tiˈtuː.doː/, [fɔrt̪ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tiˈtu.do/, [fort̪iˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun
fortitūdō f (genitive fortitūdinis); third declension
- strength, force
- Synonyms: efficācia, capācitās, ops, valētūdō
- fortitude, resolve
- 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