firmitudo

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Latin

Etymology

From firmus (stable, strong, firm; steadfast, true) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

firmitūdō f (genitive firmitūdinis); third declension

  1. firmness, durability, strength
  2. constancy, stability
  3. reliability

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative firmitūdō firmitūdinēs
Genitive firmitūdinis firmitūdinum
Dative firmitūdinī firmitūdinibus
Accusative firmitūdinem firmitūdinēs
Ablative firmitūdine firmitūdinibus
Vocative firmitūdō firmitūdinēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: firmedũe

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.