cōnstantia ae, f constans, steadiness, firmness, constancy, perseverance: dictorum: vocis atque voltūs, N.: quantum haberet in se boni constantia, discipline, Cs.: Nec semel offensae cedet constantia formae, H.

—Fig., agreement, harmony, symmetry, consistency: dictorum atque factorum: ea constantiae causā defendere, for consistency's sake: promissi, adherence to.

—Firmness, steadfastness, constancy, self-possession: vestra: eorum: hinc constantia, illinc furor: firmamentum constantiae est fides: animi, O.

—In the Stoic philos., self-possession, placidity: sunt tres constantiae.