infirmissima
Dictionary entries
- Entry →infirmus, infirma -um, infirmior -or -us, infirmissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fragile/frail/feeble; unwell/sick/infirm;; weak (military); mild/irresolute; powerless/ineffectual; unsound/untrustworthy;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Tres enim erant mulierculae, si quid vellent conari, infirmissimae, scilicet contra nos, si nihil aliud, virilis sexus esset..."II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...aliunde quam de damno pietatis affectus est. genus infirmissimae servitutis est senex maritus, et uxoriae caritatis ardorem flagrantius..."
