English → Latin
“constancy” in Latin
persevērōto abide by; to adhere to; to continue steadfastly: to persist, to perseverecōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitassiduitāsconstant presence with someone; continuance, duration, constancy of something; frequency or repetition of somethingpertināxpersevering, obstinate; pertinacious; tenaciouspervicāxfirm, determined, persistent, dogged; stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, wilful; steadfastobstinātiōfirmness, resolution, steadfastness, determination; inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacystabiliōto make firm, confirm, stay, support, hold still, stabilize; to establish, fix, make secure, confirmpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, livetolerōto bear, endure, tolerate, put up with, support; to sustain (with the notion of barely doing so)perpetuitāsperpetuity, continuity
The English word constancy itself goes back to Latin cōnstantia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
constancy
perseverance, perseverantia (that constancy which is not deterred by difficulties): constantia (consistent conduct): assiduitas (unremitting perseverance): pertinacia (pertinacious adherance to anything, e.g., an opinion, design): pervicacia (firmness in endeavouring to attain one’s end): obstinatio: obstinatior voluntas: obstinatus animus (obstinate persistence in; e.g., a resolution, decision): stabilitas (in friendship): animi firmitas (firmness of mind, or constancy of sentiment): of opinion, perpetua in sententia sua permansio. obstinatio sententiae: in faith, obstinatio fidei: anybody does not possess constancy in bearing adversities, minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas mens alicujus est: with constancy, perseveranter: obstinato animo: constanter. [Vid: also, CONSTANTLY].
Patience, patientia (the will to endure sufferings and adversity without flinching; ☞ Cic., De Invent., 2, 54, 163): tolerantia (the energy and perseverance displayed in suffering, with collateral notion of the feeling, but endurance of the misery; generally with genitive; e.g., tolerantia doloris): aequus animus, aequitas animi (equanimity, calmness): to endure sufferings with constancy, pati ac ferre aliquid: perpeti, perferre aliquid (Vid: Liv., 28, 34: Hor., Ep., 1, 15, 17).
Continuance, perpetuitas (uninterrupted duration): perennitas: diuturnitas (long duration): stabilitas (immutability).
Faithfulness, fidelitas (erga amicum, erga patriam): fides: fidus amor (constancy in love, but fidelitas erga conjugem, if conjugal fidelity is meant).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for constancy?
- The usual Latin words for “constancy” are persevērō, cōnstō, assiduitās; also pertināx, pervicāx, obstinātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.