aequo animo

[ ahy-kwoh -ah-ni-moh; English ee-kwoh -an-uh-moh ]

/ ˈaɪ kwoʊ ˈɑ nɪˌmoʊ; English ˈi kwoʊ ˈæn əˌmoʊ /

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with an even mind; with composure: Should the worst happen, I will bear it aequo animo.

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Latin aequō animō (ablative singular of aequus animus )

Jean de Serres's "consternatiori tamen animo" is an evident misprint for "constantiori tamen animo."
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Gens animo veteres Tuscos referens, candore veteres Helvetios.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Christi corpus et sanguinem adesse vero in cœna fortasse cuipiam durius sonat, sed mitigatur dum adjungitur animo non corpore.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Hunc igitur laborem nostrum ut tam Gratis animis accipiatis, quanta sedulitate a nobis est obitus, ex aequo omnes rogatos volo.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson

Hūc igitur laborem nostrum ut tam gratis animis acceptatis sedulitate a nobis57 est obitus ex aequo omnes rogatos volo.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson