firmitas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From firmus (“stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.mi.taːs/, [ˈfɪrmɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfir.mi.tas/, [ˈfirmit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
firmitās f (genitive firmitātis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | firmitās | firmitātēs |
Genitive | firmitātis | firmitātum |
Dative | firmitātī | firmitātibus |
Accusative | firmitātem | firmitātēs |
Ablative | firmitāte | firmitātibus |
Vocative | firmitās | firmitātēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitūdō, pondus
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “firmitas”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “firmitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- firmitas 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)
- firmitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette