fickleness Copy link Outline 1. inconstantia2. mūtābĭlĭtas3. mōbĭlĭtas (pliableness and liability to sudden impulse)4. lĕvĭtas (opp. to steadiness and gravity of character)5. infirmĭtas • fickleness: 1. inconstantia: nobody will ever separate fortune and f., fortunam nemo ab in. [et temeritate] sejunget, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61: v. inconsistency. 2. mūtābĭlĭtas: v. changeableness. Join: inconstantia mutabilitasque [mentis], Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 76: v. changeableness. 3. mōbĭlĭtas (pliableness and liability to sudden impulse): f. of character, m. ingenii, Sall.: the f. of the mob, m. vulgi, Tac.: the f. of Fortune, m. Fortunae, Nep. 4. lĕvĭtas (opp. to steadiness and gravity of character): what is more disgraceful than inconstancy, changeableness, f., quid est inconstantia, mutabilitate, levitate turpius? Cic. 5. infirmĭtas: fearing the f. of the Gauls, i. Gallorum veritus, Caes. B. G. 4, 5.