infirmius
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;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...cavendum ne decrescat oratio, et fortiori subiungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur aut latroni petulans: augeri enim debent..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipsos plebis homines; nihil contemptius neque infirmius, si sint qui contemnant; sibi quemque ea magna atque horrenda facere..."