firmitudo
Latin
Etymology
From firmus (“stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪr.mɪˈtuː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fir.miˈt̪uː.d̪o]
Noun
firmitūdō f (genitive firmitūdinis); third declension
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
Descendants
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.