Fortius
E221288
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fortius canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1982593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fortius Context triple: [Citius, Altius, Fortius, component, Fortius]
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A.
Fidelis
Fidelis is a Latin word meaning "faithful" or "loyal," commonly used in mottos and phrases to express steadfast allegiance and reliability.
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B.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
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D.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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E.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fortius
Target entity description: Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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A.
Fidelis
Fidelis is a Latin word meaning "faithful" or "loyal," commonly used in mottos and phrases to express steadfast allegiance and reliability.
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B.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
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D.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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E.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin word
ⓘ
adjective form ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Olympic motto ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Olympism
ⓘ
linked to:
International Olympic movement
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| degree | comparative ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to carry, to bear) via Latin fortis ⓘ |
| follows | Altius ⓘ |
| grammaticalGender | neuter (used adverbially in motto) ⓘ |
| hasTranslationVariant |
más fuerte (Spanish)
ⓘ
plus fort (French) ⓘ stronger (English) ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literalTranslation | more strong ⓘ |
| meaningInEnglish | stronger ⓘ |
| mottoComponentType | virtue ⓘ |
| orthography | Fortius ⓘ |
| partOf | Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ |
| positionInMotto | third word ⓘ |
| positiveForm | fortis ⓘ |
| precedes | exclamation or punctuation in some motto renderings ⓘ |
| relatedForm |
forte
ⓘ
fortior ⓘ fortissimus ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| semanticField | strength ⓘ |
| theme |
endurance
ⓘ
moral strength ⓘ physical strength ⓘ |
| usedAs | adverb in Olympic motto ⓘ |
| usedBy | International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| usedIn | Olympic Games context ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fortius
Description of subject: Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.