fortasse

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

De Vaan suggests a contraction of forte esse.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /forˈtas.se/, [fɔrˈt̪äs̠ːɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈtas.se/, [forˈt̪äsːe]

Adverb[edit]

fortasse (not comparable)

perhaps, possibly, maybe

Usage notes[edit]

Often abbreviated to fort. or fors.

Synonyms[edit]

(perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortassis, forte

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

“fortasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fortasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fortasse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236

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