constantia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From present-participle stem of cōnstāre (to stand together).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cōnstantia f (genitive cōnstantiae); first declension

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

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  • constantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • constantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • constantia 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)
  • constantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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 (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • constantia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • constantia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • constantia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press