fortuito Latin · revision 33813

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *fortu-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fɔr.tuˈiː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [for.tuˈiː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fortuītō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|fortuītus|-ō|t1=happening by chance]], an adverb from the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains [[m|la|fortuītus]] from a u-stem [[itc-pro|*fortu-|t=luck]] beside the noun [[m|la|fors|t=chance]], and says the origin of the ending ⟨-ītus⟩, as in [[m|la|grātuītus]], is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in his ''Timaeus'' says an animal moves, but without measure and at random.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means by mere chance, without design, and also haphazardly: Vitruvius has walls that settle unevenly, Columella a task not to be done at random, and Tacitus marked twigs scattered at random.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it from ''cāsū'' “by accident” and ''forte'' “as it happened”: ''fortuītō'' stresses mere chance, as against a cause.^(Döderlein 1874) A variant ''fortuītū'' is also found.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of random movement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of walls settling haphazardly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of twigs scattered at random.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By mere [[m|en|chance]], [[m|en|accidentally]], without design.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)^(Döderlein 1874)

+ # Without fixed order, [[m|en|haphazardly]], at random.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fors]]

+ * [[forte]]

+ * [[fortuītus]]

+ * [[fortūna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}