firmitudo

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 *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *-tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Latin firmitūdō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɪr.mɪˈtuː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fir.miˈtuː.do]

Noun

firmitūdō f (genitive firmitūdinis); third declension

1. firmness, durability, strength
2. constancy, stability
3. reliability

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	firmitūdō	firmitūdinēs
genitive	firmitūdinis	firmitūdinum
dative	firmitūdinī	firmitūdinibus
accusative	firmitūdinem	firmitūdinēs
ablative	firmitūdine	firmitūdinibus
vocative	firmitūdō	firmitūdinēs

Synonyms

• (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitās, pondus

Related terms

• firmāmen
• firmāmentum
• firmātor
• firmē
• firmitās
• firmiter
• firmō
• firmus

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: firmedũe
  • Galician: firmedume
  • Galician: firmidão

References

• “firmitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “firmitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "firmitudo", 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)
• “firmitudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.