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Latin
Etymology
From in- + cōnstāns (“standing firm, unchangeable”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
incōnstāns (genitive incōnstantis, adverb incōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- changeable, inconstant, inconsistent
- fickle, capricious
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
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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, 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)