firmitudo

Latin

Etymology

From firmus (“stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fir.miˈtuː.doː/, [fɪrmɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fir.miˈtu.do/, [firmiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

firmitūdō f (genitive firmitūdinis); third declension

1. firmness, durability, strength
2. constancy, stability
3. reliability

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	firmitūdō	firmitūdinēs
Genitive	firmitūdinis	firmitūdinum
Dative	firmitūdinī	firmitūdinibus
Accusative	firmitūdinem	firmitūdinēs
Ablative	firmitūdine	firmitūdinibus
Vocative	firmitūdō	firmitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitās, pondus

Related terms

• firmāmen
• firmāmentum
• firmātor
• firmē
• firmitās
• firmiter
• firmō
• firmus

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: firmedũe
  • Galician: firmedume
  • Galician: firmidão

References

• “firmitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “firmitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• firmitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• firmitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.