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“steady” in Latin
firmōto make firm, strengthen, harden, fortify; to say, affirm, assert; to reinforce the couragecōnfirmōto make firm, establish, re-establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm; to encourage, animate, embolden; persuade; stabiliōto make firm, confirm, stay, support, hold still, stabilize; to establish, fix, make secure, confirmfirmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, trueimmōtusimmovable, motionless; unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, immovable, firm, fixed, secure, steadfastfīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set upstabilisfirm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary (that stands firm); established, enduring, durable, immutable, lastinggravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardcōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitvariusdiverse, different, various, varied; manifold, changing, variable, complex; versatile
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
steady v.
firmare: confirmare: stabilire. (The words are found in this connection and order.) confirmare stabilireque aliquid: stabilitatem dare alicui rei. To support and steady anything, aliquid dat stabilitatem alicui rei, quam sustinet (Cic.).
steady adj.
Firm, not moveable, firmus: immotus: fixus: stabilis.
Grave, serious, gravis (of dignified gravity; opposed to levis): constans (that acts according to fixed principles, consistent; opposed to mobilis, varius). Steady old age, aetas gravior; aetas constans.
Steadfast, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for steady?
- The usual Latin words for “steady” are firmō, cōnfirmō, stabiliō; also firmus, immōtus, fīgō. 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.