fortia

Interlingua

Noun

fortia (plural fortias)

  1. strength

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]

Noun

fortia f (genitive fortiae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. force, violence

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fortia fortiae
genitive fortiae fortiārum
dative fortiae fortiīs
accusative fortiam fortiās
ablative fortiā fortiīs
vocative fortia fortiae

Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Istriot: forsa
    • Italian: forza
    • Neapolitan: fuorza
    • Sicilian: forza
    • Venetan: forsa
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *fortiāre (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

Adjective

fortia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of fortis

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “fortia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 447