Definition of Fortuna

1. Noun. (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche.

Category relationships: Roman Mythology
Generic synonyms: Roman Deity

Definition of Fortuna

1. Proper noun. (Roman god) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate. The equivalent to the Greek goddess, Tyche. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) (w 19 Fortuna), the asteroid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortuna

Fort Knox
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Meade
Fort Myers
Fort Smith
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Wayne
Fort Worth
Fort Yukon
Fortaleza
Fortaz
Forth
Fortitude of the Martyrs
Fortran compiler
Fortranlike
Fortuna
Fortune 500
Fortunella
Fortunella japonica
Fortunella margarita
Fos kinase
Fosamax
Fosbury
Fosbury flop
Foshan
Foshay test
Fossa fossa
Foster
Foster Kennedy's syndrome

Literary usage of Fortuna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"He was said to have founded her oldest sanctuaries, as, for instance, that of Fors fortuna, or lucky chance, on the right bank of the Tiber below Rome. ..."

2. History of Spanish literature by George Ticknor, Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 (1849)
"... tt I know of no edition of "La Barcelona in 1635, entitled "Juguetes fortuna con Seso " earlier than one I de la fortuna." They were translated possess, ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... was really a misreading of the word ' fortuna,' which accompanies the figure of Fortune on a coin of Carausius. ..."

4. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, William Sherwood Fox, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"fortuna. — If we follow the successive stages of fortuna's growth, we must rank her as a nature-god. As far back as we can probe into her history, ..."

5. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"... TIBER—TEMPLES OF fortuna VIRILIS AND VESTA—CONCLUDING REMARKS. The reader will perhaps accompany us in a brief survey of Rome in the time of Otto III., ..."

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