fortitudo

== Latin == === Etymology === From fortis (“strong, mighty”) +‎ -tūdō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔr.tɪˈtuː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [for.tiˈtuː.do] === Noun === fortitūdō f (genitive fortitūdinis); third declension strength, force Synonyms: efficācia, capācitās, ops, valētūdō fortitude, resolve bravery, courage, valor Synonyms: virtūs, spīritus, fīdūcia, animus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== forticulus fortis fortiter ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: fortitud Old French: fortitude → Middle English: fortitude English: fortitude French: fortitude Portuguese: fortitude (borrowing), fortidão Spanish: fortitud (borrowing), fortitúdine, forcedumbre === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fortitudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.