English

Fortuna astronomical symbol

Proper noun

Fortuna

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate. The equivalent to the Greek goddess, Tyche.
2. (astronomy) Short for 19 Fortuna, a main belt asteroid.
3. A ghost town in Arizona.
4. A city/village in North Dakota.
5. A settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 19 Fortuna

See also

• Lady Luck
• (mythology): Fortuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 19 Fortuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Catalan

Noun

fortuna f ‎(plural fortunes)

1. fortune, chance
2. fortune, riches

Derived terms

• per fortuna

Esperanto

Adjective

fortuna ‎(accusative singular fortunan, plural fortunaj, accusative plural fortunajn)

1. fortunate

Synonyms

• bonŝanca ‎(“lucky”)
• feliĉa ‎(“happy, fortunate”)

Related terms

• fortuno ‎(“fortune, lucky”)

Finnish

Noun

fortuna

1. bagatelle, pin bagatelle (table game)

Declension

Synonyms

• fortunapeli

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fortūna, from fōrs ‎(“chance, luck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [forˈt̪uː.na]

Noun

fortuna f ‎(plural fortune)

1. luck
2. fortune

Synonyms

• sorte
• ventura

Antonyms

• sfortuna

Related terms

• di fortuna
• fortunato
• fortunoso
• per fortuna

Latin

Etymology

From fōrs ‎(“chance, luck”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /forˈtuː.na/

Noun

fortūna f ‎(genitive fortūnae); first declension

1. fortune, luck
2. good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
   • Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710

     Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.

     All misfortune is to be overcome by enduring.

   • Vergilius, Aeneis, Book X, lines 42-43

     Speravimus ista, dum fortuna fuit.

     Such we hoped, while good fortune was.

3. destiny, fate
4. prosperity
5. (in the plural) possessions

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• fortūnō

Related terms

Descendants

References

• fortuna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortuna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FORTUNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fortuna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
    
  • to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
    
  • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    
  • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    
  • to run a risk; to tempt Providence: fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
    
  • to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
    
  • to have success in one's grasp: fortunam in manibus habere
    
  • to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
    
  • luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
    
  • the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
    
  • Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
    
  • to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
    
  • Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
    
  • misfortune, adversity: fortuna adversa
    
  • to struggle with adversity: conflictari (cum) adversa fortuna
    
  • the vicissitudes of fortune: fortunae vicissitudines
    
  • to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
    
  • to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse
    
  • to be a victim of the malice of Fortune: ad iniurias fortunae expositum esse
    
  • to acquiesce in one's fate: fortunae cedere
    
  • to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
    
  • I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriis
    
  • to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum
    
• fortuna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortuna in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• fortuna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fortūna, from fōrs ‎(“chance, luck”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ˈtu.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: for‧tu‧na

Noun

fortuna f (plural fortunas)

1. fortune (destiny)
2. fortune (good luck)
3. fortune (lots of riches)

Synonyms

• (destiny): destino, sina
• (good luck): fortúnio, sorte

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fortūna, from fōrs ‎(“chance, luck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /for.ˈtu.na/

Noun

fortuna f ‎(plural fortunas)

1. fortune.
2. wealth.
3. luck.

Synonyms

• (wealth): prosperidad, riqueza
• (fortune): patrimonio
• (luck): suerte, dicha

Related terms

• afortunado