firmitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

Spanish

Noun

firmitas f pl

  1. plural of firmita
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