constantia
See also: Constantia
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From present-participle stem of constare (“to stand together”)
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈstan.ti.a/, [kõːˈs̠t̪än̪t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈstan.t͡si.a/, [kɔnˈst̪ɑnt̪͡s̪iɑ]
NounEdit
cōnstantia f (genitive cōnstantiae); first declension
- firmness, steadiness, constancy, perseverance
- agreement, harmony
- (of character) steadfastness, immovability, constancy
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōnstantia | cōnstantiae |
Genitive | cōnstantiae | cōnstantiārum |
Dative | cōnstantiae | cōnstantiīs |
Accusative | cōnstantiam | cōnstantiās |
Ablative | cōnstantiā | cōnstantiīs |
Vocative | cōnstantia | cōnstantiae |
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Catalan: constància
- → English: constancy
- French: constance
- Galician: constancia
- Italian: costanza
- Portuguese: constância
- Spanish: constancia
ReferencesEdit
- constantia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- constantia in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- constantia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- constantia in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- logical consistency: perpetuitas et constantia (Tusc. 5. 10. 31)
- consistency: constantia (opp. inconstantia) (Tusc. 5. 11. 32)
- to be calm, self-possessed: constantiam servare
- logical consistency: perpetuitas et constantia (Tusc. 5. 10. 31)
- constantia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- constantia in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray, 1848
- constantia in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly, 1854, 1857
- constantia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976