constans, constantis (gen.), constantior -or -us, constantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
constant, unchanging; steadfast, resolute; steady, stable; immovable; secure;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | constantia |
| Acc. | constans | constantia |
| Voc. | — | constantia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | constantius | constantiora |
| Gen. | constantioris | — |
| Acc. | constantius | constantiora |
| Voc. | constantius | constantiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | constantissimus | constantissimi |
| Gen. | constantissimi | constantissimorum |
| Dat. | constantissimo | — |
| Acc. | constantissimum | constantissimos |
| Voc. | constantissime | constantissimi |
| Abl. | constantissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | constantissima | constantissimae |
| Gen. | constantissimae | constantissimarum |
| Dat. | constantissimae | — |
| Acc. | constantissimam | constantissimas |
| Voc. | constantissima | constantissimae |
| Abl. | constantissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | constantissimum | constantissima |
| Gen. | constantissimi | constantissimorum |
| Dat. | constantissimo | — |
| Acc. | constantissimum | constantissima |
| Voc. | constantissimum | constantissima |
| Abl. | constantissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...philosophum non decet: ubi tandem erit fortis et constans, ubi periculum sui faciet qui timet verbis? Fabianus..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ille alter secundus est ut aliquis parum constans ad custodienda optima, cuius iudicium labat etiamnunc et incertum..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...temperans est; qui temperans est, et constans; qui constans est inperturbatus est; qui inperturbatus est sine tristitia..." - G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...exercitu oblata est. Percrebuerat Oriente toto vetus et constans opinio, esse in fatis ut eo tempore Iudaea profecti..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...publicas caerimonias penetrasse ad eam muliebri veste tam constans fama erat, ut senatus quaestionem de pollutis sacris decreverit..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...vita consentiens virtutibusque respondens recta et honesta et constans et naturae congruens existimari potest. [67] Atque haec coniunctio..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...officio selectio, deinde ea perpetua, tum ad extremum constans consentaneaque naturae, in qua primum inesse incipit et intellegi..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...natum Argis in terra Graecia, de quo fama constans esset, tamquam de genere equorum progenitus foret, qui Diomedis..."