fortuitus

fortuitus

Latin

Etymology

From fors (“chance, luck”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.tuˈiː.tus/, [fɔrt̪uˈiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.tuˈi.tus/, [fort̪uˈiːt̪us]

Adjective

fortuītus (feminine fortuīta, neuter fortuītum, adverb fortuītō); first/second-declension adjective

1. happening by chance, accidental, random, fortuitous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fortuītus	fortuīta	fortuītum		fortuītī	fortuītae	fortuīta
Genitive	fortuītī	fortuītae	fortuītī		fortuītōrum	fortuītārum	fortuītōrum
Dative	fortuītō		fortuītō		fortuītīs
Accusative	fortuītum	fortuītam	fortuītum		fortuītōs	fortuītās	fortuīta
Ablative	fortuītō	fortuītā	fortuītō		fortuītīs
Vocative	fortuīte	fortuīta	fortuītum		fortuītī	fortuītae	fortuīta

Related terms

• fors
• forsan
• forsit
• forsitan
• fortasse
• fortassis
• forte
• fortuītō
• fortūna

Descendants

• Catalan: fortuït
• English: fortuitous
• Spanish: fortuito
• French: fortuit

• Translingual: Mycobacterium fortuitum

References

• “fortuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fortuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortuitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• fortuitus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)