Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 727.fortūna on page 727
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fortūna fortune
fortūna is a Latin Noun that primarily means fortune.
Definitions for fortūna
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
fortune, luck
English derivatives:
fortunate unfortunate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The more or less personified agency supposed to direct events, Fortune.
- 2
A favourable chance (of doing something), opportunity, occasion.
- 3
What befalls or is destined to befall one, one's fate, destiny, fortunes; (also pl.).
Sentences with fortūna
Latin to English
Vīta multīs puellīs fortūnam dat.Compare Life gives (good) fortune to many girls.
Fāma est nihil sine fortūnā.Compare Fame is nothing without fortune.
Sine fāmā et fortūnā patria nōn valet.Compare A country is not strong without fame and fortune.
Fortūnā aliōrum monērī dēbēmus.Compare We ought to be warned by the fortune of other men (others).
Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellus, quae genuit; caelo tegitur, qui non habet urnam.Compare Death is free from fortune's sway; the earth takes back all she gave birth to; the sky covers the man who had no burial urn.
Non ergo fortuna homines aestimabo, sed moribus. Sibi quisque dat mores, condicionem casus assignat.Compare I shall not evaluate people by their fortunes, but by their moral character. Everyone gives himself his own moral character; status is assigned by chance.
Heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus? ut semper gaudes illudere rebus humanis!Compare Ah Fortune, what divine power is more cruel towards us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human affair?
O miser et infelix dies! o falsus spes! o volucer fortuna! o caecus cupiditas! quam cito ille omnis praetereo!Compare O wretched and unhappy day! O false hope! O fleeting fortune! O blind ambition! how quickly have all those things passed away!
Declension table for fortūna
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | fortūna | fortūnae |
| Gen. | fortūnae | fortūnārum |
| Dat. | fortūnae | fortūnīs |
| Acc. | fortūnam | fortūnās |
| Abl. | fortūnā | fortūnīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 13.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 727.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "fortūna, fortūnae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fortuna-fortunae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 13.fortūna, fortūnae on page 13
