fortitude

fortitude
(for-ti-tu-d') s. f.
Force d'âme.
   On a vu des Français supporter les tourments du cadre de feu avec la fortitude des Indiens mêmes, CHATEAUBR. Natch. VIII.
   XIVe s.
   Quant est en paour et en hardiesse, la vertu qui est ou [au] moien est fortitude, et celui qui a ceste vertu est apellé fort, ORESME Eth. 48.
   XVIe s.
   Socrates se moque de Laches qui avoit defini la fortitude : se tenir ferme en son rang contre les ennemis, MONT. I, 48.
   Lat. fortitudinem, de fortis, fort.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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