fortia
Interlingua
Latin
Alternative forms
- forcia
Etymology
Originally the neuter plural of fortis (“strong, brave”), taken from expressions such as fortia facta 'brave deeds'. Attested in works such as the Formulary of Marculf.[1]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fortia | fortiae |
| Genitive | fortiae | fortiārum |
| Dative | fortiae | fortiīs |
| Accusative | fortiam | fortiās |
| Ablative | fortiā | fortiīs |
| Vocative | fortia | fortiae |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian: (some possibly via Italian)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *fortiāre (see there for further descendants)
References
- fortia 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)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏrtia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 728
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “fortia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 447
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