fortunatus Latin · revision 31302

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la fors}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fɔr.tuːˈnaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [for.tuˈnaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fortūnātus''' (feminine fortūnāta, neuter fortūnātum, comparative fortūnātior, superlative fortūnātissimus, adverb fortūnātē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[m|la|fortūnō|t=to make prosperous]], from [[m|la|fortūna|t=fortune]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains ⟨fortūna⟩ from a stem ⟨*fortu-⟩ “luck” beside [[m|la|fors|t=chance]], from [[itc-pro|*forti-|t=luck]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*bʰr̥-ti-|t=bearing]] of the family of [[m|la|ferō|t=to carry]], though the shift from “bearing” to “luck” is not obvious and Ernout and Meillet reject the link.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Naevius;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in Plautus' ''Aulularia'' a man wishes another to be always “safe and fortunate”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is attended by good fortune, lucky or successful, of people and of things, as Plautus' prayer that the household god make a daughter's wedding fortunate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also wealthy, as Plautus' “you'll not be a scrap richer from this today”.^(OLD 2012) Of gods and the dead it is blessed or happy, and the ''fortūnātae'' or ''fortūnātōrum īnsulae'' are the mythical islands in the far west where the blessed live, already in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It is also a cognomen, held by the Merovingian poet Venantius Fortunatus.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the fortunate and the Isles of the Blessed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|fortunate|alt=Fortunate]], lucky, successful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Wealthy, rich.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of gods and the dead)'' [[m|en|blessed|alt=Blessed]], happy;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''fortūnātae īnsulae'', the Isles of the Blessed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fortūna]]

+ * [[fors]]

+ * [[fortuītus]]

+ * [[īnfortūnātus]]

+ * [[fēlīx]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein treats ''fēlīx'' as the most general word for happiness, which can mean both making and being happy.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}