fortuitus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *fortu- (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -ītus (adjective-forming suffix). Derived from an unattested u-stem action noun *fortus built on the root of fors (“chance, luck”) (reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-) + the action noun suffix *-tus; an u-stem formation also seems to be behind fortūna (“fortune, luck, destiny”).[1] Compare the formation of grātuītus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /for.tuˈiː.tus/, [fɔrt̪uˈiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈi.tus/, [fort̪uˈiːt̪us]
Adjective
[edit]fortuītus (feminine fortuīta, neuter fortuītum, adverb fortuītō); first/second-declension adjective
- happening by chance, accidental, random, fortuitous
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | fortuītus | fortuīta | fortuītum | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuīta | |
| genitive | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuītī | fortuītōrum | fortuītārum | fortuītōrum | |
| dative | fortuītō | fortuītae | fortuītō | fortuītīs | |||
| accusative | fortuītum | fortuītam | fortuītum | fortuītōs | fortuītās | fortuīta | |
| ablative | fortuītō | fortuītā | fortuītō | fortuītīs | |||
| vocative | fortuīte | fortuīta | fortuītum | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuīta | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: fortuït
- English: fortuitous
- Spanish: fortuito
- Portuguese: fortuito
- French: fortuit
- Translingual: Mycobacterium fortuitum
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fors”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
Further reading
[edit]- “fortuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fortuitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fortuitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fortuitus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)