fortis

See also: Fortis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fortis (“brave”). Doublet of fort and forte.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: fôr'tĭs, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹtɪs/

Adjective

fortis (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.
    Synonym: tense
    Antonym: lenis
    • 2004, Stephan Gramley, Michael Pätzold, A Survey of Modern English, Routledge (→ISBN), page 80:
      All vowels, whether short or complex, are relatively shorter when followed by a fortis consonant and relatively longer when followed by a lenis one or, for those where this is possible, when no consonant follows (in free or unchecked syllables).

Latin

Etymology 1

From Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬝‎ (bərəzaṇt̰), Sanskrit बर्हयति (barhayati, “to invigorate”) and Old English burg (English borough).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.tis/, [ˈfɔr.tɪs]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Adjective

fortis (neuter forte); third declension

  1. strong (physically powerful)
  2. (figuratively) courageous, brave, steadfast
Declension

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative fortis forte fortēs fortia
Genitive fortis fortis fortium fortium
Dative fortī fortī fortibus fortibus
Accusative fortem forte fortēs, fortīs fortia
Ablative fortī fortī fortibus fortibus
Vocative fortis forte fortēs fortia
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From fōrs.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoːr.tis/, [ˈfoːr.tɪs]

Noun

fōrtis

  1. genitive singular of fōrs

References
  • fortis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fortis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fortis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fortis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • be brave: fortem te praebe
    • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis

Old Latin

Alternative forms
  • forctis
  • forctus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Adjective

fortis

  1. strong

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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