Fortunatus
See also: fortunatus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Fort. (abbreviation)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.tuːˈnaː.tus/, [fɔrt̪uːˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈna.tus/, [fort̪uˈnäːt̪us]
- Homophone: fortūnātus
Proper noun
Fortūnātus m sg (genitive Fortūnātī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (circa AD 530–600/609): Latin poet, hymnodist, and historian at the court of the Merovingians; bishop of Poitiers; and friend, beneficiary, and defender of Gregory of Tours
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Fortūnātus |
| Genitive | Fortūnātī |
| Dative | Fortūnātō |
| Accusative | Fortūnātum |
| Ablative | Fortūnātō |
| Vocative | Fortūnāte |
Descendants
- French: Fortunat
- Italian: Fortunato
References
- 2 Fortūnātus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “682/2”
Further reading
Venantius Fortunatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la