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fortiter

fortiter is a Latin form of fortis, meaning “brave, strong”. It is the adverb.

Found 281 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.11.4: Hi novissimos adorti et multa milia passuum prosecuti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt, cum ab extremo agmine, ad quos ventum erat, consisterent fortiterque impetum nostrorum militum sustinerent,

Ovid, Heroides 7.180: Fortiter edisco tristia posse pati.

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.17.10: … ere tecum potest, quod scribit in Phoenice in hisce versibus: Séd virum verá virtute vívere animatum áddecet, Fórtiterque innóxium stare ádversum adversários. Éa libertas ést, qui pectus púrum et firmum géstitat, Áaliaeliae res …

All forms of fortis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.