Constans

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Proto-Italic *komstaēō

Latin cōnstō

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -ans

Latin cōnstānsnom.

Latin Cōnstāns

Nominalization of cōnstāns. Compare Valēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkõː.stãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.stans]

Proper noun

Cōnstāns m sg (genitive Cōnstantis); third declension

1. a masculine cognomen, held most notably by the emperor Constans

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cōnstāns
genitive	Cōnstantis
dative	Cōnstantī
accusative	Cōnstantem
ablative	Cōnstante
vocative	Cōnstāns

Derived terms

• Cōnstantīnus

Descendants

• → English: Constant
• → Italian: Costante