View source for constantia

{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>constantĭa</b>: ae, f. 1. [[constans]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[firm]] [[standing]], [[steadiness]], [[firmness]], [[immutability]], [[unchangeableness]], [[constancy]], [[perseverance]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]; esp. freq. in Cic.): (stellarum) perennes [[cursus]] [[atque]] perpetui cum admirabili incredibilique constantiā, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55; cf. id. ib. § 56, and 3, 9, 23: dictorum conventorumque, id. Off. 1, 7, 23; cf. promissi, id. Att. 4, 19 (17), 1: tantā constantiā vocis [[atque]] voltūs, Nep. Att. 22, 1: [[perseverantia]] constantiaque oppugnandi, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[agreement]], [[harmony]], [[symmetry]], [[consistency]]: testimoniorum, Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9: [[ordo]] et [[constantia]] et [[moderatio]] dictorum omnium [[atque]] factorum, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98: non ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sed ex perpetuitate [[atque]] constantiā, id. Tusc. 5, 10, 31: in quibus (orationibus) [[forsitan]] [[magis]] requiratur [[constantia]], id. Clu. 51, 141; cf.: constantiae causā, for [[consistency]]'s [[sake]], id. ib. 2, 2, 5: quae [[autem]] est [[inter]] augures [[conveniens]] et conjuncta [[constantia]]? id. Div. 2, 39, 82: officii, id. Sull. 1, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Firmness of [[character]], [[steadfastness]], immovability, [[constancy]], [[self]] - [[possession]]: is, qui moderatione et constantiā [[quietus]] [[animo]] est sibi [[ipse]] [[placatus]], ut nec tabescat molestiis, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37; cf. id. ib. 4, 17, 38: Catoni cum incredibilem tribuisset [[natura]] gravitatem, eamque [[ipse]] perpetuā constantiā roborasset semperque in proposito susceptoque consilio permansisset, etc., id. Off. 1, 31, 112: si soceri Scauri constantiam (ceperis), id. Verr. 1, 17, 52: benevolentiam, non ... ardore quodam amoris, sed stabilitate [[potius]] et constantiā judicemus, id. Off. 1, 15, 47: [[firmamentum]] constantiae est [[fides]], id. Lael. 18, 65: [[hinc]] [[constantia]], [[illinc]] [[furor]], id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; id. Sest. 41, 88; id. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Off. 1, 28, 98; Nep. Thras. 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 15, 15; Liv. 42, 62, 11: de eorum [[fide]] constantiāque dubitatis? Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 10: animi, Ov. M. 11, 293: [[morum]], Tac. H. 3, 86; id. A. 13, 30 fin.; Sen. Const. Sap. 1, 1 sqq.: sunt et [[alia]] ingenita quaedam adjumenta vox, [[latus]], [[patiens]] laboris [[valetudo]], [[constantia]], [[decor]], i. e. [[natural]] [[firmness]], [[intrepidity]], Quint. prooem. § 27 Meyer.; cf. id. 6, prooem. § 11; 12, 5, 2.— Acc. to the notions of the [[Stoics]], = [[εὐπάθεια]]; in plur.: sic [[quattuor]] perturbationes sunt, [[tres]] constantiae ( = εὐπαθείας [[τρεῖς]], Diog. L. 7, 115), Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 14; cf. Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 8.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>cōnstantĭa</b>,⁸ æ, f. ([[constans]]),<br /><b>1</b> permanence, continuité, invariabilité : hæc in stellis [[constantia]] Cic. Nat. 2, 54, [[cette]] permanence dans le mouvement des planètes ; dictorum conventorumque [[constantia]] et [[veritas]] Cic. Off. 1, 23, la fidélité et la franchise dans les paroles et les engagements ; testium [[constantia]] Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, invariabilité des témoins ; [[vocis]] [[atque]] [[vultus]] Nep. Att. 22, 1, invariabilité de la voix et du visage<br /><b>2</b> fermeté du caractère, des [[principes]], constance : Cic. Pomp. 68 ; [[Sulla]] 62 ; Dej. 37 ; Phil. 5, 1, 2 ; etc.<br /><b>3</b> esprit de suite, accord, concordance, conformité : constantiæ causā Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, pour être conséquent avec soi-même (pour être logique); [[non]] ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, [[sed]] ex perpetuitate [[atque]] [[constantia]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, ce n’[[est]] pas sur des maximes isolées qu’il faut juger les philosophes, c’[[est]] sur la continuité et l’accord de leurs [[principes]].
}}