firmitas

firmĭtas, ātis, f. [firmus], firmness, durability, strength (class.; syn.: constantia, firmitudo, perseverantia).

I.

Lit.: ea, quae ille (Epicurus) propter firmitatem steremnia appellat, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49: age specta, [p. 753] postes cujusmodi! Quanta firmitate facti, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 134: materiae, * Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1:

amphorarum,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

Aegyptii lini,

id. 19, 1, 2, § 14:

fastigiorum templorum,

id. 35, 12, 46, § 158:

uvae contra frigora, etc.,

id. 14, 3, 4, § 40:

vini,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 21:

gladiatoria totius corporis,

vigor, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63; cf. Quint. 8, 4, 16:

corporis,

id. 11, 3, 19; 2, 16, 13; Plin. Pan. 4, 7; 15, 1:

capitis, lateris pecorisve,

Quint. 11, 3, 16; 40:

firmitas et vigor vocis,

Gell. 2, 3, 4:

valetudinis,

Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 42. —In plur.:

pulvis Puteolanus aedificiis praestat firmitates,

Vitr. 2, 6.—

II.

Trop., firmness, steadfastness, stability, endurance, constancy, power:

firmitas et constantia,

Cic. Fam. 9, 11, 1:

animi,

id. Sest. 44, 95; id. Att. 12, 38, 3; id. Tusc. 5, 26, 74:

sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 66: exercitus numero amplissimus, firmitate exiguus, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3:

ut quisque minimum firmitatis haberet minimumque virium, ita amicitias appetere maxime,

Cic. Lael. 13, 46; cf.:

ea (amicitia) non satis habet firmitatis,

id. ib. 5, 19:

si aliquid firmitatis nactus sit Antonius,

id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:

imperii,

Suet. Vesp. 7.