forticulus

== Latin == === Etymology === fortis (“strong, brave”) +‎ -culus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [forˈtiː.ku.lus] === Adjective === forticulus (feminine forticula, neuter forticulum); first/second-declension adjective diminutive of fortis: somewhat bold, rather brave ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “forticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “forticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers