firmitudo

firmĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [firmus], firmness, durability, strength (less freq. than firmitas, but class.).

I.

Lit.:

tanta in eis (navibus) erat firmitudo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 8; cf.:

tanta erat operis (i. e. pontis) firmitudo,

id. ib. 4, 17, 7:

vocis,

Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20. —

II.

Trop., firmness, constancy, stability, strength of mind:

animi,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

quod firmitudinem gravitatemque animi tui perspexi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

quantum esset hominibus praesidii in animi firmitudine,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28, 4:

animi,

Tac. A. 4, 8:

in patientia firmitudinem simulans,

id. ib. 6, 46 fin.; cf. ib. 15, 62:

non quod salus ab isto data quicquam habitura sit firmitudinis,

Cic. Att. 11, 14, 2:

haec constitutio habet firmitudinem,

id. Rep. 1, 45:

(translationes) per se minus habeant firmitudinis,

id. Inv. 2, 19, 58.