constantia

cōnstantia ae, f

constans, steadiness, firmness, constancy, perseverance : dictorum: vocis atque voltūs, N.: quantum haberet in se boni constantia, discipline , Cs.: Nec semel offensae cedet constantia formae, H.—Fig., agreement, harmony, symmetry, consistency : dictorum atque factorum: ea constantiae causā defendere, for consistency's sake : promissi, adherence to.—Firmness, steadfastness, constancy, self-possession : vestra: eorum: hinc constantia, illinc furor: firmamentum constantiae est fides: animi, O.—In the Stoic philos., self-possession, placidity : sunt tres constantiae.