noun · femininefirst declension
incōnstantia
incōnstantia f (genitive incōnstantiae)
Meaning
- inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness
ubi enim zelus et contentio ibi inconstantia et omne opus pravum
For where [there is] jealousy and selfish ambition, [there is] confusion and every evil deed.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate James.3.16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | incōnstantia | incōnstantiae |
| genitive | incōnstantiae | incōnstantiārum |
| dative | incōnstantiae | incōnstantiīs |
| accusative | incōnstantiam | incōnstantiās |
| ablative | incōnstantiā | incōnstantiīs |
| vocative | incōnstantia | incōnstantiae |
inconstantĭa, ae, f. inconstans,
I. inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness (class.).
I. Of persons:
quid est inconstantia, mobilitate, levitate, cum singulis hominibus, tum vero universo senatui turpius? Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: levitate implicata, id. Vatin. 1, 3: fama inconstantiae, id. Fam. 1, 9: inconstantiae notam habere, Plin. ap. Trogas, 11, 52, 114, § 276: nemo doctus umquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; id. N. D. 3, 14.—II. Of inanim. and abstr. things:
fulgoris, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 199: artis, id. 7, 49, 50, § 162: mensurae, id. 6, 26, 30, § 124: frontis ac luminum, Quint. 9, 3, 101: mutabilitasque mentis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 76; id. Dom. 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
incōnstantia ae, f
inconstans, inconsistency, inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness: hominis: levitate implicata: inconstantiae famam vereri: rerum, O.