offirmo

Latin

Alternative forms

obfirmō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos

Proto-Italic *θermos

Proto-Italic *fermos

Latin firmus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -o

Latin firmō

Latin offirmō

From ob- + firmō (“strengthen, make firm”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔfˈfɪr.moː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ofˈfir.mo]

Verb

offirmō (present infinitive offirmāre, perfect active offirmāvī, supine offirmātum); first conjugation

(transitive) to make firm, durable, steadfast
(figuratively) to hold fast to, persevere in
(figuratively) to be obstinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of offirmō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	offirmō	offirmās		offirmat	offirmāmus	offirmātis		offirmant
	imperfect	offirmābam	offirmābās		offirmābat	offirmābāmus	offirmābātis		offirmābant
	future	offirmābō	offirmābis		offirmābit	offirmābimus	offirmābitis		offirmābunt
	perfect	offirmāvī	offirmāvistī		offirmāvit	offirmāvimus	offirmāvistis		offirmāvērunt, offirmāvēre
	pluperfect	offirmāveram	offirmāverās		offirmāverat	offirmāverāmus	offirmāverātis		offirmāverant
	future perfect	offirmāverō	offirmāveris		offirmāverit	offirmāverimus	offirmāveritis		offirmāverint
passive	present	offirmor	offirmāris, offirmāre		offirmātur	offirmāmur	offirmāminī		offirmantur
	imperfect	offirmābar	offirmābāris, offirmābāre		offirmābātur	offirmābāmur	offirmābāminī		offirmābantur
	future	offirmābor	offirmāberis, offirmābere		offirmābitur	offirmābimur	offirmābiminī		offirmābuntur
	perfect	offirmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	offirmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	offirmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	offirmem	offirmēs		offirmet	offirmēmus	offirmētis		offirment
	imperfect	offirmārem	offirmārēs		offirmāret	offirmārēmus	offirmārētis		offirmārent
	perfect	offirmāverim	offirmāverīs		offirmāverit	offirmāverīmus	offirmāverītis		offirmāverint
	pluperfect	offirmāvissem	offirmāvissēs		offirmāvisset	offirmāvissēmus	offirmāvissētis		offirmāvissent
passive	present	offirmer	offirmēris, offirmēre		offirmētur	offirmēmur	offirmēminī		offirmentur
	imperfect	offirmārer	offirmārēris, offirmārēre		offirmārētur	offirmārēmur	offirmārēminī		offirmārentur
	perfect	offirmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	offirmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	offirmā		—	—	offirmāte		—
active	future	—	offirmātō		offirmātō	—	offirmātōte		offirmantō
passive	present	—	offirmāre		—	—	offirmāminī		—
passive	future	—	offirmātor		offirmātor	—	—		offirmantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		offirmāre		offirmārī		offirmāns		—
future		offirmātūrum esse		offirmātum īrī		offirmātūrus		offirmandus
perfect		offirmāvisse		offirmātum esse		—		offirmātus
future perfect		—		offirmātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		offirmātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		offirmandī	offirmandō		offirmandum	offirmandō	offirmātum		offirmātū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“offirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“offirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“offirmo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.