firmitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.taːs/, [ˈfɪr.mɪ.t̪aːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.tas/, [ˈfir.mi.t̪as]

Noun

firmitās f (genitive firmitātis); third declension

1. firmness, durability, strength
2. constancy, stability, endurance, firmness

Declension

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

• (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitūdō, pondus

Related terms

• firmāmen
• firmāmentum
• firmātor
• firmē

• firmiter
• firmitūdō
• firmō
• firmus

Descendants

• French: fermeté (borrowing)

References

• firmitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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, 1883–1887)
• firmitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette