inconstans

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ cōnstāns (“standing firm, unchangeable”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

incōnstāns (genitive incōnstantis, adverb incōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. changeable, inconstant, inconsistent
  2. fickle, capricious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative incōnstāns incōnstantēs incōnstantia
genitive incōnstantis incōnstantium
dative incōnstantī incōnstantibus
accusative incōnstantem incōnstāns incōnstantēs incōnstantia
ablative incōnstantī incōnstantibus
vocative incōnstāns incōnstantēs incōnstantia

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Descendants

  • Catalan: inconstant
  • English: inconstant
  • French: inconstant
  • Italian: incostante
  • Portuguese: inconstante
  • Spanish: inconstante

References

  • “inconstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inconstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inconstans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
    • (ambiguous) consistency: constantia (opp. inconstantia) (Tusc. 5. 11. 32)
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