fors fortis (only nom. and abl. except in the name Fors Fortuna), f
1 FER-,
chance, hap, luck, hazard, accident
: Quod fors feret, feremus, T.: sed haec, ut fors tulerit: quam sibi sortem fors obiecerit,
H.: uti quosque fors conglobaverat,
S.: forte quādam Tiberis effusus,
L.: Fors fuat pol!
may it be so
, T.—Person.,
the goddess of chance
: Fors omnia versat, V.: dea Fors, O.—Esp., Fors Fortuna,
Good Fortune
, with a temple on the Tiber, outside of the city: aedis Fortis Fortunae,
L.: Fortunae Fortis honores, O.:
casu aut forte fortunā.—Ellipt.:
for fors sit,
it might happen, perchance, perhaps, peradventure
: tu fors, quid me fiat, parvi pendis,
T.: Et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris,
Ni, etc., V.: nunc ille Fors et vota
facit, V.; see also forte.
