constans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of cōnstō (“stand together”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.stãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.stans]

Participle

cōnstāns (genitive cōnstantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing together
2. standing still; constant, unchanging
3. firm; persistent
4. agreeing, corresponding; harmonious, consistent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cōnstāns			cōnstantēs	cōnstantia
genitive	cōnstantis			cōnstantium
dative	cōnstantī			cōnstantibus
accusative	cōnstantem	cōnstāns		cōnstantēs cōnstantīs	cōnstantia
ablative	cōnstante cōnstantī1			cōnstantibus
vocative	cōnstāns			cōnstantēs	cōnstantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

cōnstāns (genitive cōnstantis, comparative cōnstantior, superlative cōnstantissimus, adverb cōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. constant, unchanging
2. steadfast, resolute
3. secure

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cōnstāns			cōnstantēs	cōnstantia
genitive	cōnstantis			cōnstantium
dative	cōnstantī			cōnstantibus
accusative	cōnstantem	cōnstāns		cōnstantīs cōnstantēs	cōnstantia
ablative	cōnstantī cōnstante	cōnstantī		cōnstantibus
vocative	cōnstāns			cōnstantēs	cōnstantia

Related terms

• constanter

References

• “constans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “constans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “constans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
    
  • manhood: aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)
    
  • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
    
  • to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
    
• “constans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• constans in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016