English → Latin
“constant” in Latin
cōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitstabilisfirm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary (that stands firm); established, enduring, durable, immutable, lastingfirmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, trueperennisperennial; continual, everlasting, perpetualperpetuusperpetual, everlasting, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, incessant, unbroken; ablative of time: a duration of time, contineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, boundcontinuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive, lasting; straight, in a row, whole; following one after another, successive, succsempiternuseverlasting, perpetual, eternal, continualassiduusconstant, regular, perpetual; unremitting, incessantpermaneōto stay to the end, hold out; to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere; to survive, outlive
The English word constant itself goes back to Latin cōnstāns, through constantem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
constant
firm, constans (remaining like itself): stabilis (steady, unchanging): firmus (firm, resisting external impressions; all these may be said, e.g., of a friend). A constant mind or courage, animus firmus: to be of a constant mind or courage, stare animo or (of several) stare animis (in circumstances of danger): stabili et firmo esse animo: to bear anything with a constant mind, aequo animo ferre aliquid.
To be constant to anything, in aliqua re manere or permanere (e.g., in veritate; in sententia; in sua erga aliquem voluntate permanere): in aliqua re perstare (e.g., in sententia sua; in pravitate sua; in societate): not to be constant to anything, deficere a aliqua re (e.g., a virtute): desciscere a re (e.g., a consuetudine parentum; a societate; a veritate): to be constant to a person, fidum manere alicui: fidem servare or tenere; in fide or in officio alicujus manere or permanere.
Incessant, perennis (e.g., cursus stellarum): perpetuus (continual, e.g., laughing, risus): continens: continuus (uninterrupted, incommoda, labor, imber): sempiternus (lasting, eternal, e.g., ignis Vestae): assiduus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for constant?
- The usual Latin words for “constant” are cōnstō, stabilis, firmus; also perennis, perpetuus, contineō. 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.