Firmius

See also: firmius

Latin

Etymology

From firmus (“stable, firm”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.us/, [ˈfɪrmiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfir.mi.us/, [ˈfirmius]

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.

Case	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.