firmitudo
Latin
Etymology
From firmus (“stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fir.miˈtuː.doː/, [fɪrmɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fir.miˈtu.do/, [firmiˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun
firmitūdō f (genitive firmitūdinis); third declension
- firmness, durability, strength
- constancy, stability
- reliability
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | 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
- Galician: firmedume
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’s 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