infirmissimi
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...scias' inquit 'non esse iram poenae cupiditatem, infirmissimi saepe potentissimis irascuntur nec poenam concupiscunt quam non sperant.' Primum..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quaestionum semper crescere debet et ad potentissima ab infirmissimis pervenire, sive sunt eiusdem generis sive diversi. Iuris autem..."Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uideo. opportuni propinquitate ipsa Macedoniae sumus? an infirmissimi omnium, tamquam, quos nuper subegit, Dolopes? immo contra..."