inconstans

Latin > English

inconstans (gen.), inconstantis ADJ :: changeable, fickle

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-constans: antis, adj.,
I inconstant, changeable, fickle, capricious, inconsistent (class.).
I Of persons: mihi ridicule es visus esse inconstans, qui eundem et laederes, et laudares, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 19: populus in omnibus inconstantissimus, Sen. Ep. 99.—
II Of inanim. and abstr. things: inconstans est, quod ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur, Cic. Inv. 1, 50, 93: litterae, id. Fam. 10, 16: venti, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352: medendi arte nulla inconstantior, id. 29, 1, 1, § 2: quid inconstantius Deo? Cic. Div. 2, 62. — Sup.: inconstantissimo vultu et maestissimo, Gell. 13, 30, 7.—Adv.: inconstanter, inconstantly, capriciously, inconsistently: jactantibus se opinionibus inconstanter et turbide, inconsistently and confusedly, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24: loqui, id. Ac. 2, 17, 53: haec dicuntur inconstantissime, without the least consistency, id. Fin. 2, 27, 88: adductus primo ita negare inconstanter, ut, etc., Liv. 40, 55, 5: prodire, Hirt. B. Afr. 82: agens, M. Aurel. ap. Front. ad Caes. 3, ep. 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

incōnstāns,¹³ tis, inconstant, inconséquent, changeant : Cic. Com. 19 ; Sulla 10 || [en parl. de choses] : Cic. Inv. 1, 93 ; Fin. 5, 95 || -tior Cic. Div. 2, 127 ; -tissimus Gell. 13, 30, 7.

Latin > German (Georges)

in-cōnstāns, stantis, unbeständig, inkonsequent, veränderlich, schwankend, unsicher, qua in re mihi ridicule es visus esse inconstans, Cic.: nec inc. testis sit, Quint.: vir duplex animo, inc. est in omnibus viis suis, Vulg.: quid inconstantius deo? Cic.: populus in omnibus inconstantissimus, Sen. – übtr., venti, Plin.: litterae, Cic.: progressum praecipitem, inconstantem reditum videt, er sieht, ein Schritt vorwärts wäre sein Fall, ein Schritt rückwärts eine Inkonsequenz, Cic. – neutr. pl. subst., dum peragunt vernum Iovis inconstantia tempus, Calp. ecl. 5, 45.

Latin > Chinese

inconstans, tis. adj. c. s. :: 無恒者。改變者

Translations

fickle

Armenian: հեղհեղուկ; Belarusian: непастаянны, зменлівы; Bengali: খামখেয়ালী; Bulgarian: непостоянен, променлив, отмятащ се; Catalan: inconstant; Chinese Mandarin: 多變, 多变, 薄情; Danish: lunefuld, vankelmodig, vægelsindet; Dutch: wispelturig, onbetrouwbaar, onbestendig, grillig, onberekenbaar; Esperanto: nefidinda; Finnish: ailahteleva, huikenteleva, häilyvä, vaihteleva; French: inconstant, volage, lunatique, indécis, capricieux; German: unbeständig, wankelmütig, wechselhaft, flatterhaft, launisch, unstet; Greek: άστατος, ευμετάβλητος; Ancient Greek: ἀβέβαιος, ἀκατάστατος, ἀλλογνώμων, ἀλλοπρόσαλλος, ἀναπτερωτός, ἄπιστος, ἀστάθμητος, ἁψίκορος, γάγγαλος, ἐλαφρόνοος, ἔμπληκτος, εὐμετάβολος, εὐμετάγνωστος, εὐμετάγνωτος, εὐμετάθετος, εὐμετακίνητος, εὐμετανόητος, μετάβουλος, μεταπτωτικός, μετάπτωτος, μετέωρος, μετήορος, πλάνος, πολύτροπος, σκιρτητικός, ὑπόκουφος, χαλίφρων; Icelandic: hverflyndur, óstöðugur; Italian: volubile, incostante, mutevole, capriccioso; Japanese: 気が多い, 気まぐれな; Korean: 변덕(變德)스럽다; Latin: inconstans, instabilis; Norwegian Bokmål: vaklende, skiftende, ubestemmelig, vankelmodig; Occitan: inconstant, lunard, lunatenc, cambiadís, lunatic, viradís, capriciós; Persian: دمدمی مزاج‎; Portuguese: volúvel, caprichoso, volátil; Romanian: capricios, schimbător, inconstant; Russian: непостоянный, ветреный, переменчивый; Scottish Gaelic: leam-leat; Serbo-Croatian Roman: prevrtljiv, nepostojan, prevrtljiv, mušičav, hirovit; Spanish: inconstante, veleidoso, voluble, pendular; Swedish: ombytlig, nyckfull; Tagalog: balimbing; Turkish: caygın, dönek, kahpe, kaypak; Ukrainian: непості́йний, несталий, мінливий, змінливий