firmitas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos

Proto-Italic *θermos

Proto-Italic *fermos

Latin firmus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin firmitās

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪr.mɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfir.mi.tas]

Noun

firmitās f (genitive firmitātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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. 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, 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.

Spanish

Noun

firmitas f pl

1. plural of firmita