"fors" meaning in Latin

See fors in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ˈfɔrs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔrs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: forsit [alternative], fors sit [alternative]
Etymology: From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”). Head templates: {{la-adv|fors|-}} fors (not comparable)
  1. perhaps, perchance Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fors-la-adv-8dC2n8V- Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 6 2 0 2 4 21 7 8 8 0 6 8 22 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 0 1 3 31 5 5 5 0 4 6 31 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɔrs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔrs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*fortis}} Proto-Italic *fortis, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*bʰértis||the act of carrying}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”), {{cog|sga|brith}} Old Irish brith, {{cog|de|Geburt}} German Geburt, {{cog|en|bear}} English bear, {{cog|ru|бремя||burden}} Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), {{cog|sa|भृति||carrying}} Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”), {{cog|gem-pro|*buriz||favorable wind|id=wind}} Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fors<3.I>|g=f}} fors f (genitive fortis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fors<3.I>}} Forms: fortis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fors [nominative, singular], fortēs [nominative, plural], fortis [genitive, singular], fortium [genitive, plural], fortī [dative, singular], fortibus [dative, plural], fortem [accusative, singular], fortēs [accusative, plural], fortīs [accusative, plural], forte [ablative, singular], fortibus [ablative, plural], fors [singular, vocative], fortēs [plural, vocative]
  1. luck, chance Tags: declension-3, feminine Related terms: forsan, forsit, forsitan, fortāsse, fortāssis, forte, fortuītō, fortuītus, fortūna
    Sense id: en-fors-la-noun-81~xVrEt Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "text": "fors suā cuique locō est",
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          "text": "fors suā cuique locō est",
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