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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of fortūnō (“make prosperous”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
fortūnātus (feminine fortūnāta, neuter fortūnātum, comparative fortūnātior, superlative fortūnātissimus, adverb fortūnātē); first/second-declension adjective
- blessed, prosperous, lucky, fortunate
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.437–438:
- “Ō fortūnātī, quōrum iam moenia surgunt!”
Aenēās ait, et fastīgia suspicit urbis.- “Oh fortunate , whose walls already rise!” Aeneas cries, while gazing at the rooftops of the city.
- well off, wealthy, rich
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Verb
fortūnātus
- perfect participle of fortūnō
Derived terms
References
- “fortunatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fortunatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fortunatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)