firmissimi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →firmus, firma -um, firmior -or -us, firmissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
firm/steady; substantial/solid/secure/safe; strong/robust/sturdy/stout/durable;; loyal/staunch/true/constant; stable/mature; valid/convincing/well founded;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Lysander
Cornelius Nepos
"...fuerat erga Athenienses - proinde ac si non iidem firmissimi solerent esse amici, qui constantes fuissent inimici - pervertere..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...celebraretur uxor quae oblita inbecillitatis, oblita metuendi etiam firmissimis maris, caput suum periculis pro sepultura obiecit..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nostris, quando ab adversariorum propositionibus incipiamus, quando a firmissimis probationibus, quando a levioribus: qua in causa proponendae prohoemiis..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...scio. Ego tamen tamquam et iuvenis et firmissimi mortem doleo, doleo autem — licet me imbecillum putes — meo nomine..."