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
- firmness, durability, strength
- 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. 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 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