infirmus, infirma -um, infirmior -or -us, infirmissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fragile/frail/feeble; unwell/sick/infirm;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmus | infirmi |
| Gen. | infirmi | infirmorum |
| Dat. | infirmo | — |
| Acc. | infirmum | infirmos |
| Voc. | infirme | infirmi |
| Abl. | infirmo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirma | infirmae |
| Gen. | infirmae | infirmarum |
| Dat. | infirmae | — |
| Acc. | infirmam | infirmas |
| Voc. | infirma | infirmae |
| Abl. | infirma | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmum | infirma |
| Gen. | infirmi | infirmorum |
| Dat. | infirmo | — |
| Acc. | infirmum | infirma |
| Voc. | infirmum | infirma |
| Abl. | infirmo | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmius | infirmiora |
| Gen. | infirmioris | — |
| Acc. | infirmius | infirmiora |
| Voc. | infirmius | infirmiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmissimus | infirmissimi |
| Gen. | infirmissimi | infirmissimorum |
| Dat. | infirmissimo | — |
| Acc. | infirmissimum | infirmissimos |
| Voc. | infirmissime | infirmissimi |
| Abl. | infirmissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmissima | infirmissimae |
| Gen. | infirmissimae | infirmissimarum |
| Dat. | infirmissimae | — |
| Acc. | infirmissimam | infirmissimas |
| Voc. | infirmissima | infirmissimae |
| Abl. | infirmissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | infirmissimum | infirmissima |
| Gen. | infirmissimi | infirmissimorum |
| Dat. | infirmissimo | — |
| Acc. | infirmissimum | infirmissima |
| Voc. | infirmissimum | infirmissima |
| Abl. | infirmissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...lassitudo et oscitatio et horror membra percurrens - sic infirmus animus multo ante quam opprimatur malis quatitur; praesumit illa..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...mutuo perdit metu. Accumulat ecce liberum funus parens, infirmus auxiliator. Invadunt virum iam morte pasti membraque ad terram..." - G
Horace
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...ipse sufficiebam scribendis epistulis amicorum, nunc occupatissimus et infirmus Horatium nostrum a te cupio abducere. Veniet ergo..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adfectus, ita si nil efficit tepet; quem melius infirmus actor tacitis iudicum cogitationibus reliquisset. XLV. Nam et vultus..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...enim seu tale aliquid suspicatus sive, ut excusabatur, infirmus. Et relationem quidem de eo Caesar ad senatum..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Proinde adhibe solacia mihi, non haec: 'Senex erat, infirmus erat' — haec enim novi -, sed nova aliqua, sed magna..."