fortuitus
Latin
Etymology
From fors (“chance, luck”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈiː.tus/, [fɔrt̪uˈiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈi.tus/, [fort̪uˈiːt̪us]
Adjective
fortuītus (feminine fortuīta, neuter fortuītum, adverb fortuītō); first/second-declension adjective
- happening by chance, accidental, random, fortuitous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fortuītus | fortuīta | fortuītum | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuīta | |
| Genitive | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuītī | fortuītōrum | fortuītārum | fortuītōrum | |
| Dative | fortuītō | fortuītō | fortuītīs | ||||
| Accusative | fortuītum | fortuītam | fortuītum | fortuītōs | fortuītās | fortuīta | |
| Ablative | fortuītō | fortuītā | fortuītō | fortuītīs | |||
| Vocative | fortuīte | fortuīta | fortuītum | fortuītī | fortuītae | fortuīta | |
Descendants
- Catalan: fortuït
- English: fortuitous
- Spanish: fortuito
- French: fortuit
- Translingual: Mycobacterium fortuitum
References
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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