Latin

Noun

firmitās f ‎(genitive firmitātis); third declension

1. firmness, durability, strength
2. constancy, stability, endurance, firmness

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (constancy): cōnstantia, firmitūdō, pondus

Related terms

Descendants

• French: fermeté (borrowing)

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “firmitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.