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inconstantĭa , ae, f. inconstans,
I.inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness (class.).
I. Of persons: “quid est inconstantia, mobilitate, levitate, cum singulis hominibus, tum vero universo senatui turpius?” Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: “levitate implicata,” id. Vatin. 1, 3: “fama inconstantiae,” id. Fam. 1, 9: “inconstantiae notam habere, Plin. ap. Trogas, 11, 52, 114, § 276: nemo doctus umquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse,” Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; id. N. D. 3, 14.—
II. Of inanim. and abstr. things: “fulgoris,” Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 199: “artis,” id. 7, 49, 50, § 162: “mensurae,” id. 6, 26, 30, § 124: “frontis ac luminum,” Quint. 9, 3, 101: “mutabilitasque mentis,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 76; id. Dom. 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.9
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.7.3
    • Cicero, On his House, 2
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 1.3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 7.3.9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.14
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.35
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.101
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