fortis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and forte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tɪs/ === Adjective === fortis (not comparable) (phonetics, of a consonant) Relatively strongly articulated, hence voiceless and possibly aspirated; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants. Synonym: tense Antonym: lenis ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === fortis (plural fortes) (phonetics) A fortis consonant. ==== Derived terms ==== pre-fortis === See also === aqua fortis === Anagrams === sit for, Fritos == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic *forktis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”) (> Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-ti-s) or Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast, to be firm, strong”); in the latter case, an earlier Proto-Italic form of the word *θorktis can be reconstructed. ==== Alternative forms ==== forctis, forctus (Old Latin) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.tis] ==== Adjective ==== fortis (neuter forte, comparative fortior, superlative fortissimus, adverb fortiter); third-declension two-termination adjective (physically) strong, powerful Synonyms: praevalēns, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, īnfirmus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops (figuratively) firm, resolute, steadfast, stout Synonyms: fīxus, tenāx, inexōrābilis, obstinātus (figuratively) courageous, brave Antonym: imbēcillus (figuratively) manly, mannish (corresponding to the Greek ἀνδρεῖος) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fortis genitive singular of fors === References === === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fortis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.