fortuna
See also: Fortuna
Catalan
Pronunciation
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [forˈtuna]
- Rhymes: -una
- Hyphenation: for‧tun‧a
Adjective
fortuna (accusative singular fortunan, plural fortunaj, accusative plural fortunajn)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfort(ː)u(ː)nɑ/, [ˈfo̞rt̪(ː)u(ː)nɑ]
- Rhymes: -ortunɑ
- Syllabification(key): for‧tu‧na
Declension
| Inflection of fortuna (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fortuna | fortunat | |
| genitive | fortunan | fortunoiden fortunoitten | |
| partitive | fortunaa | fortunoita | |
| illative | fortunaan | fortunoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | fortuna | fortunat | |
| accusative | nom. | fortuna | fortunat |
| gen. | fortunan | ||
| genitive | fortunan | fortunoiden fortunoitten fortunainrare | |
| partitive | fortunaa | fortunoita | |
| inessive | fortunassa | fortunoissa | |
| elative | fortunasta | fortunoista | |
| illative | fortunaan | fortunoihin | |
| adessive | fortunalla | fortunoilla | |
| ablative | fortunalta | fortunoilta | |
| allative | fortunalle | fortunoille | |
| essive | fortunana | fortunoina | |
| translative | fortunaksi | fortunoiksi | |
| instructive | — | fortunoin | |
| abessive | fortunatta | fortunoitta | |
| comitative | — | fortunoineen | |
| Possessive forms of fortuna (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | fortunani | fortunamme |
| 2nd person | fortunasi | fortunanne |
| 3rd person | fortunansa | |
Synonyms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈtu.na/
- Rhymes: -una
- Hyphenation: for‧tù‧na
Antonyms
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈtuː.na/, [fɔrˈt̪uːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈtu.na/, [forˈt̪uːnä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
fortūna f (genitive fortūnae); first declension
- fortune, luck
- good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710
- Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.
- All misfortune is to be overcome by enduring.
- Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book X, lines 42-43
- Speravimus ista, dum fortuna fuit.
- Such we hoped, while good fortune was.
- Speravimus ista, dum fortuna fuit.
- (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710
- destiny, fate
- Synonyms: fātum, sors, necessitās
- prosperity
- (in the plural) possessions
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fortūna | fortūnae |
| Genitive | fortūnae | fortūnārum |
| Dative | fortūnae | fortūnīs |
| Accusative | fortūnam | fortūnās |
| Ablative | fortūnā | fortūnīs |
| Vocative | fortūna | fortūnae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: furtunã
- Italian: fortuna
- → Byzantine Greek: φορτούνα (phortoúna)
- Greek: φουρτούνα (fourtoúna)
- → Byzantine Greek: φορτούνα (phortoúna)
- Piedmontese: fortun-a
- Romanian: furtună
- → Albanian: furtunë
- → Catalan: fortuna
- → Dutch: fortuin
- → Occitan: fortuna
- → Old French: fortune
- → Polish: fortuna
- → Portuguese: fortuna
- → Spanish: fortuna
- → Russian: фортуна (fortuna)
- Sicilian: furtuna
References
- “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fortuna 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)
- fortuna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
- to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
- to run a risk; to tempt Providence: fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
- to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
- to have success in one's grasp: fortunam in manibus habere
- to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
- luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
- the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
- Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
- to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
- Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
- misfortune, adversity: fortuna adversa
- to struggle with adversity: conflictari (cum) adversa fortuna
- the vicissitudes of fortune: fortunae vicissitudines
- to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
- to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse
- to be a victim of the malice of Fortune: ad iniurias fortunae expositum esse
- to acquiesce in one's fate: fortunae cedere
- to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
- I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
- to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
- to drive a person out of house and home: evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriis
- to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
- a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- “fortuna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fortuna”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “fortuna”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrˈtu.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -una
- Syllabification: for‧tu‧na
Declension
Related terms
adverb
- fortunnie
noun
- fortunność
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁˈtũ.nɐ/ [fohˈtũ.nɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾˈtũ.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁˈtũ.nɐ/ [foχˈtũ.nɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻˈtu.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾˈtu.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: for‧tu‧na
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foɾˈtuna/ [foɾˈt̪u.na]
- Rhymes: -una
- Syllabification: for‧tu‧na
Noun
fortuna f (plural fortunas)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “fortuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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