English → Latin
“fortify” in Latin
mūniōto provide with defensive works, fortify; to provide with defensive works, fortify; to guard from attack, defendcommūniōto barricade; to strengthen, to fortifypraemūniōto fortify in front; defend in advance; to safeguard, protect, secure; to condition the minds of an audience before a sp
The English word fortify itself goes back to Latin fortis, through fortificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fortify
Defend a place by works, munire: communire: praemunire (by any sort of visible protection, as walls, ditches, palisades, etc.): operibus munire; munitionibus firmare (by works, fortifications, etc.): muris munire: moenibus sepire (by surrounding with walls): castellis sepire (by citadels, redoubts, etc.): vallo et fossa circumdare locum: vallum et fossam circumdare loco (by palisades and ditches; e.g., a camp). A fortified town, urbs munita: oppidum munitum: fortified by nature, loci natura munitus; naturaliter munitus; situ naturali munitus: fortified both by art and nature, et natura loci et manu or operibus et loco munitus; cum manu munitus, tum natura loci: nature has fortified Italy by its Alps, Alpibus muniit Italiam natura.
Strengthen, confirm, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fortify?
- The usual Latin words for “fortify” are mūniō, commūniō, praemūniō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.