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firmior

firmior is a Latin form of firmus, meaning “firm, strong, steady; reliable”. It is the nominative singular masculine comparative adjective or vocative singular masculine comparative adjective or nominative singular feminine comparative adjective or vocative singular feminine comparative adjective.

Found 32 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 10.16: … d in eorum libertatem defendendam contulit quorum votis iudicavit se a morte revocatum; alter virtutis robore firmior quam aetatis cum istis ipsis veteranis ad D. Brutum liberandum est profectus. ergo illi certissimi idemque ac …

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.21.13: Ennius item rectos cupressos dixit contra receptum vocabuli genus hoc versu: Cautibus nutantis pinos rectosque cupressos. Firmior ei, credo, et viridior sonus esse vocis visus

All forms of firmus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.