steadiness Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Met.1. constantia2. grăvĭtas, tātis, f.3. stăbĭlĭtas4. sĕvērĭtas, tātis, f. • steadiness: I. Lit.: stăbĭlĭtas, tātis, f.: they combine the s. of infantry, with the easy movements of cavalry, mobilitatem equitum s. peditum praestant, Caes. B. G. 4, 33. II. Met.: 1. constantia: s. of character, c. morum, Tac. H. 3, 86. Join: firmitas et constantia, Cic. Fam. 9, 11. 2. grăvĭtas, tātis, f.: to live with s., cum gravitate et constantia vivere, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 72. 3. stăbĭlĭtas: let us judge with s. and consistency, stabilitate et constantia judicemus (opp. to ardore quodam amoris), ib. 1, 15, 47. 4. sĕvērĭtas, tātis, f.: the greatest s. of character is joined with the greatest refinement, summa s. summa cum humanitate jungitur, id. Fam. 12, 27.