firmitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From firmus (“stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɪr.mɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfir.mi.tas] === Noun === firmitās f (genitive firmitātis); third declension firmness, durability, strength constancy, stability, endurance, firmness ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitūdō, pondus ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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, 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 plural of firmita