Firmius

Firmius

See also: firmius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos
Proto-Italic *θermos
Proto-Italic *fermos
Latin firmus
Latin -ius
Latin Firmius

    From firmus (“stable, firm”) + -ius.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Firmius m sg (genitive Firmiī or Firmī); second declension

    1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
      1. Firmius Cato, one of the accusers of Marcus Scribonius Libo

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Firmius
    genitive Firmiī
    Firmī1
    dative Firmiō
    accusative Firmium
    ablative Firmiō
    vocative Firmī

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Derived terms

    • Firmiānus

    References

    • “Firmius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Firmius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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