fortis

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tɪs/

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fortis (not comparable)

1. (phonetics, of a consonant) Strongly articulated, hence voiceless.

   Synonym: tense

   Antonym: lenis

   • 2004, Stephan Gramley, Michael Pätzold, A Survey of Modern English, Routledge, →ISBN, page 80:

     All vowels, whether short or complex, are relatively shorter when followed by a fortis consonant and relatively longer when followed by a lenis one or, for those where this is possible, when no consonant follows (in free or unchecked syllables).

fortis (plural fortes)

1. (phonetics) A fortis consonant.

• pre-fortis

• aqua fortis

• sit for, Fritos

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.^[1]

• forctis, forctus (Early Latin)

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

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

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.493–494:

     omne solum fortī patria est, ut piscibus aequor,
     ut volucrī, vacuō quicquid in orbe patet.

     Every land is home to the brave, as to fishes the sea,
     as to birds for every void whatsoever in the open world.

4. (figuratively) manly, mannish (answering to the Greek ἀνδρεῖος) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fortis

1. genitive singular of fors

• “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.
  • be brave: fortem te praebe
    
  • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    
  • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis