Fortunatus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Fort. (abbreviation) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔr.tuːˈnaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [for.tuˈnaː.tus] 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 Fortunatus, a legendary young man, who is gifted by Fortune with a bottomless purse. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== French: Fortuné, Fortunat Italian: Fortunato Russian: Фортуна́т (Fortunát) === References === “2 Fortūnātus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “682/2” === Further reading === Venantius Fortunatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin Fortūnātae Īnsulae === Proper noun === Fortunatus the Canary Islands