fortasse

Latin

Etymology

De Vaan suggests a contraction of forte esse.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

fortasse (not comparable)

  1. perhaps, possibly, maybe

Usage notes

  • Often abbreviated to fort. or fors.

Synonyms

References

  • “fortasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fortasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fortasse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
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