constans
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of cōnstō (“stand together”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.stãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.st̪ans]
Participle
cōnstāns (genitive cōnstantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- standing together
- standing still; constant, unchanging
- firm; persistent
- agreeing, corresponding; harmonious, consistent
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs | cōnstantia | ||
| genitive | cōnstantis | cōnstantium | |||
| dative | cōnstantī | cōnstantibus | |||
| accusative | cōnstantem | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs cōnstantīs |
cōnstantia | |
| ablative | cōnstante cōnstantī1 |
cōnstantibus | |||
| vocative | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs | cōnstantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Adjective
cōnstāns (genitive cōnstantis, comparative cōnstantior, superlative cōnstantissimus, adverb cōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs | cōnstantia | ||
| genitive | cōnstantis | cōnstantium | |||
| dative | cōnstantī | cōnstantibus | |||
| accusative | cōnstantem | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs | cōnstantia | |
| ablative | cōnstantī | cōnstantibus | |||
| vocative | cōnstāns | cōnstantēs | cōnstantia | ||
Related terms
References
- “constans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “constans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
- manhood: aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)
- a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
- to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
- the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
- “constans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constans in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016