"fors" meaning in Latin

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Adverb

IPA: /fors/ [Classical], [fɔrs̠] [Classical], /fors/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [fɔrs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|fors sit||it might happen}} fors sit (“it might happen”) Head templates: {{la-adv|fors|-}} fors (not comparable)
  1. perhaps, perchance Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: forsit, fors sit
    Sense id: en-fors-la-adv-8dC2n8V- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fors/ [Classical], [fɔrs̠] [Classical], /fors/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [fɔrs] (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, {{m|en|burden}} burden, {{cog|ru|бремя||burden}} Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), {{m|ru|брать||to take}} брать (bratʹ, “to take”), {{cog|sa|भृति||carrying}} Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰer-}} *bʰer-, {{m|la|ferō||bring, carry}} ferō (“bring, carry”), {{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: fortūna, forsan, forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis, forte, fortuītus, fortuītō
    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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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fors/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔrs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forsit"
    },
    {
      "word": "fors sit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fors"
}

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