aequanimitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aequănĭmĭtas, ātis, f. [aequanimis] (rare for aequus animus).

I Before the class. per., favor , good-will (favor et propitius animus, Don. ad Ter. Ad. prol. 24): bonitas vestra atque aequanimitas, Ter. Phorm. 34; id. Ad. prol. 24.—

II In the post-Aug. per., calmness , patience , equanimity , Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123: patientia est malorum cum aequanimitate perlatio, Lact. 5, 22, 3.

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