constantia

See also: Constantia

Latin

Etymology

From present-participle stem of constare (“to stand together”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈstan.ti.a/, [kõːˈs̠t̪än̪t̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈstan.t͡si.a/, [kɔnˈst̪ɑnt̪͡s̪iɑ]

Noun

cōnstantia f (genitive cōnstantiae); first declension

1. firmness, steadiness, constancy, perseverance
2. agreement, harmony
3. (of character) steadfastness, immovability, constancy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnstantia	cōnstantiae
Genitive	cōnstantiae	cōnstantiārum
Dative	cōnstantiae	cōnstantiīs
Accusative	cōnstantiam	cōnstantiās
Ablative	cōnstantiā	cōnstantiīs
Vocative	cōnstantia	cōnstantiae

Synonyms

• (constancy): firmitās, firmitūdō, pondus

Related terms

• cōnstō

Descendants

• Catalan: constància
• → English: constancy
• French: constance
• Galician: constancia
• Italian: costanza
• Portuguese: constância
• Spanish: constancia

References

• 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
    
• 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