Usages of fortis
Miles fortis in via stat et ignem spectat.
(The brave soldier stands in the road and watches the fire.)
Marcus tamen fortis est et bellum non amat.
However, Marcus is brave and does not love war.
Si timidus es, studere potes in urbe, sed si fortis es, potes dormire in horto.
If you are timid, you can study in the city, but if you are brave, you can sleep in the garden.
Mox puer fortis erit, et miles erit.
Soon the boy will be brave, and he will be a soldier.
Imperator dicit: “Miles fortis erit, sed bellum manebit.”
(The emperor says: “The soldier will be brave, but war will remain.”)
Femina timida templum hoc amat, sed illa femina fortis templum altum in urbe intrat.
A timid woman loves this temple, but that brave woman enters the tall temple in the city.
Animus fortis timorem vincit.
A brave spirit conquers fear.
Non omnis femina dives bona est, sed multae pauperes animos fortes habent.
Not every rich woman is good, but many poor women have brave spirits.
Vir fortis timori non cedit.
A brave man does not yield to fear.
Haec femina pauperior est quam illa, sed animus eius fortis est.
This woman is poorer than that one, but her spirit is brave.
Mihi haec lectio iucundior est quam illa, quia plures feminae in hac fabula prudentes et fortes apparent.
This reading is more pleasant to me than that one, because more women appear wise and brave in this story.
Fit ut etiam fortes viatores interdum anxii sint, cum via longa et obscura sit.
It happens that even brave travelers are sometimes anxious, when the road is long and dark.
Lucia recordatur magistram heri dixisse exercitum fortem ordinem servare debere.
Lucia remembers that the teacher said yesterday that a brave army ought to keep order.
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