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6-letter words (1 found)

FORTIS,

5-letter words (17 found)

FIRST,FOIST,FORTS,FRIST,FRITS,FROST,RIFTS,RIOTS,ROIST,ROSIT,ROSTI,ROTIS,TIFOS,TIROS,TORSI,TRIOS,TROIS,

4-letter words (26 found)

FIRS,FIST,FITS,FORT,FRIS,FRIT,FROS,ORFS,ORTS,RIFS,RIFT,RIOT,RITS,ROST,ROTI,ROTS,SIFT,SOFT,SORI,SORT,STIR,TIFO,TIRO,TORI,TORS,TRIO,

3-letter words (23 found)

FIR,FIT,FOR,FRO,IFS,IOS,ISO,ITS,OFT,OIS,ORF,ORS,ORT,RIF,RIT,ROT,SIF,SIR,SIT,SOT,SRI,TIS,TOR,

2-letter words (13 found)

IF,IO,IS,IT,OF,OI,OR,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of fortis

fortis

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and forte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tɪs/

Adjective

fortis (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.
    Synonym: tense
    Antonym: lenis

Noun

fortis (plural fortes)

  1. (phonetics) A fortis consonant.

Derived terms

  • pre-fortis

See also

  • aqua fortis

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 (Early Latin)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.tis/, [ˈfɔrt̪ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.tis/, [ˈfɔrt̪is]

Adjective

fortis (neuter forte, comparative fortior, superlative fortissimus, adverb fortiter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (physically) strong, powerful
    Synonyms: praevalēns, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos
    Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, īnfirmus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops
  2. (figuratively), firm, resolute, steadfast, stout
    Synonyms: fīxus, tenāx, inexōrābilis, obstinātus
  3. (figuratively), courageous, brave
    Antonym: imbēcillus
  4. (figuratively), manly, mannish (answering to the Greek ἀνδρεῖος) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fortis

  1. genitive singular of fors

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’s 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.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fortis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236

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