fortuna
See also: Fortuna
Catalan
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈtuna/
- Hyphenation: for‧tun‧a
- Rhymes: -una
Adjective
fortuna (accusative singular fortunan, plural fortunaj, accusative plural fortunajn)
Finnish
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 | |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [forˈt̪uː.na]
- Rhymes: -una
Antonyms
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From fors (“chance, luck”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈtuː.na/, [fɔrˈtuː.na]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
fortūna f (genitive fortūnae); first declension
- fortune, luck
- good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
- destiny, fate
- prosperity
- (in the plural) possessions
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fortūna | fortūnae |
| Genitive | fortūnae | fortūnārum |
| Dative | fortūnae | fortūnīs |
| Accusative | fortūnam | fortūnās |
| Ablative | fortūnā | fortūnīs |
| Vocative | fortūna | fortūnae |
Derived terms
Descendants
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, 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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ˈtu.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: for‧tu‧na
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈtuna/, [forˈt̪una]
Synonyms
- (wealth): prosperidad, riqueza
- (fortune): patrimonio
- (luck): suerte, dicha
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fortuna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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