constans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of cōnstō (“stand together”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.stãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.stans] === 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. 1When used purely as an adjective. === Adjective === cōnstāns (genitive cōnstantis, comparative cōnstantior, superlative cōnstantissimus, adverb cōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective constant, unchanging steadfast, resolute secure ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== constanter === 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. “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