firmitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.taːs/, [ˈfɪrmɪt̪äːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.tas/, [ˈfirmit̪äs]

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 (first half adapted to ferme)

References

• “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