Latin

Noun

fortitūdō f ‎(genitive fortitūdinis); third declension

1. strength, force
2. fortitude, resolve
3. bravery, courage, valor

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• forticulus
• fortis
• fortiter

Descendants

• English: fortitude
• Portuguese: fortitude (borrowing), fortidão
• Spanish: fortitud, fortitúdine

References

• fortitudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortitudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FORTITUDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fortitudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.