firmness Copy link Outline 1. firmĭtas (material or mental)2. firmĭtūdo (= preced.)3. stăbĭlĭtas4. constantia (resolution)5. obstĭnātio6. persĕvērantia • firmness: 1. firmĭtas (material or mental): f. of timber, f. materiae, Caes.: f. of mind, f. animi, Cic.: v. strength. 2. firmĭtūdo (= preced.): f. of a bridge, f. pontis, Caes.: Cic. 3. stăbĭlĭtas: roots give f. to the plants they support, stirpes s. dant iis quae sustinent, Cic.: f. of the teeth, s. dentium, Plin.: the f. (or solidity) of infantry, s. peditum, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: Cic.: v. stability. 4. constantia (resolution): f. of mind, c. animi, Ov.: Cic. (in whom the word is mostly used of consistent action or habit of mind). Join: stabilitas atque constantia, Cic. Am. 18, 65. 5. obstĭnātio: to decline, not with ingratitude, but yet with a settled f. of resolution, non ingrato animo sed obs. quadam sententiae repudiare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41: Tac. 6. persĕvērantia: v. perseverance, persistence.