English

Adjective

fortis ‎(not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.

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/

Adjective

fortis m, f ‎(neuter forte); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension.

• comparative: fortior, superlative: fortissimus

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From fōrs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.tis/

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fortis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• forctis
• forctus

Adjective

fortis

1. strong

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Latin: fortis