fortissimus

Latin

Adjective

fortissimus (feminine fortissima, neuter fortissimum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of fortis
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.96–97:
      “[...] Ō Danaum fortissime gentīs Tȳdīdē! [...].”
      “Oh [Diomedes], bravest [warrior] of the race of the Danaans, [son of] Tydeus!”
      (Aeneas, speaking in apostrophe and using the vocative case in Latin, infers the name of Diomedes, son of Tydeus. See “Danaus” meaning “Greek” or “Grecian.”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fortissimus fortissima fortissimum fortissimī fortissimae fortissima
Genitive fortissimī fortissimae fortissimī fortissimōrum fortissimārum fortissimōrum
Dative fortissimō fortissimō fortissimīs
Accusative fortissimum fortissimam fortissimum fortissimōs fortissimās fortissima
Ablative fortissimō fortissimā fortissimō fortissimīs
Vocative fortissime fortissima fortissimum fortissimī fortissimae fortissima

References
  • fortissimus 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)
  • fortissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a hero: vir fortissimus
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