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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...natum Argis in terra Graecia, de quo fama constans esset, tamquam de genere equorum progenitus foret, qui Diomedis..."