inconstans

inconstans

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-
Latin cōnstāns
Latin incōnstāns

    From in- + cōnstāns (“standing firm, unchangeable”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    incōnstāns (genitive incōnstantis, adverb incōnstanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

    1. changeable; inconstant; inconsistent
      Synonym: miscīx
      Antonym: cōnstāns
    2. fickle; capricious

    Declension

    Third-declension one-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative incōnstāns incōnstantēs incōnstantia
    genitive incōnstantis incōnstantium
    dative incōnstantī incōnstantibus
    accusative incōnstantem incōnstāns incōnstantīs
    incōnstantēs     		incōnstantia
    ablative incōnstantī
    incōnstante     		incōnstantibus
    vocative incōnstāns incōnstantēs incōnstantia

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: inconstant
    • English: inconstant
    • French: inconstant
    • Italian: incostante
    • Portuguese: inconstante
    • Spanish: inconstante

    References

    • “inconstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “inconstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “inconstans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
      • (ambiguous) consistency: constantia (opp. inconstantia) (Tusc. 5. 11. 32)
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