Question QUESTION: how would you say The phrase
“Audaces fortuna iuvat” and "Fortes fortuna iuvat”
is there a way that you could type it in English so i could understand how to say it in Latin?
thanks
ANSWER: Hello,
Both the phrases “Audaces fortuna iuvat” and "Fortes fortuna iuvat” are an adaptation of a quotation from Virgil’s Aeneid, book X, line 284, where we read:
“Audentes Fortuna iuvat” meaning literally :"Fortune favours the bold".
The only one difference between Virgil’s line and “Audaces /Fortes fortuna iuvat” is the use of another adjective (audaces / fortes) instead of “audentes”, but the meaning is the same.
In short, “Audentes Fortuna iuvat” and “Audaces fortuna iuvat” mean literally “Fortune favours the bold", while “Fortes fortuna iuvat” means literally “Fortune favours the strong”.
As you can see, “Audaces fortuna iuvat” and "Fortes fortuna iuvat” have the same or nearly the same meaning in English, i.e. :
“Fortune favours the bold / the strong”.
Have a nice day,
Maria
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-AUDENTES /AUDACES (accusative plural of AUDENS / AUDAX)=the bold
-FORTES (accusative plural of FORTIS)= the strong
-FORTUNA (nominative)= Fortune
-IUVAT (from the verb IUVO) = favours
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QUESTION: what i was wonder was how you actually say the words.... for instance: "see" is pronounced "c"? thanks you
Answer Hello,
If you want to know how you must PRONOUNCE “Audaces fortuna iuvat” / "Fortes fortuna iuvat”, here is the pronunciation of each Latin word:
AUDACES / FORTES
AUDACES
A like the A in ‘father’
U like the OO in ‘good’
D like the D in ‘door’
A like the A in ‘father’. The accent stands on this vowel
C like the CH in ‘chat’, NOT like "see"
E like the E in ‘medical’
S like the S in ‘study’
FORTES
F like the F in ‘friend’
O like the O in ‘information’. The accent stands on this vowel.
R like the R in ‘information’
T like the T in ‘tendency’
E like the E in ‘medical’
S like the S in ‘study’
FORTUNA
F like the F in ‘friend’
O like the O in ‘information’
R like the R in ‘information’
T like the T in ‘tendency’
U like the OO in ‘good’ or the ‘OU’ in ‘you’. The accent stands on this vowel.
N like the N in ‘no’
A like the A in ‘father’
IUVAT
I like the Y in ‘you’
U like the OO in ‘good’ or the ‘OU’ in ‘you’. The accent stands on this vowel.
V like the V in ‘vase’
A like the A in ‘father’
T like the T in ‘tendency’
Hope all is clear.
Best,
Maria
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As for a site where you can type a word in English and then know how to say (not 'how to pronounce') it in Latin, there are many online dictionaries English-Latin, but Latin is an inflected language with five declension, five cases, four conjugations, a difficult syntax and grammar, and therefore each word must be translated differently according to its function in the phrase.
For example :
-“Anthony’s house is beautiful” = “Antonii domus pulchra est”, where DOMUS( house) is in the nominative.
But:
-“I’m going to Anthony’s house” = “ Antonii eo domum ”, where DOMUM (house) is in the accusative as it is a place to which.
In short, a dictionary is useful only if you already know Latin grammar and syntax.
Finally there is no reliable online site where you can know how a Latin word must be pronounced.
