infirmus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === īnfirmis (post-classical) === Etymology === From in- (“not”) +‎ firmus (“strong, firm”), from Proto-Italic *en- from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not”) + Proto-Italic *fermos from root Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɪr.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfir.mus] === Adjective === īnfirmus (feminine īnfirma, neuter īnfirmum, comparative īnfirmior, superlative īnfirmissimus, adverb īnfirmiter); first/second-declension adjective weak, feeble Synonyms: dēbilis, impotēns, invalidus, aeger, fessus, mollis, tenuis, frāctus, languidus, valētūdinārius Antonyms: constans, dūrus, firmus, fortis, potēns, valens, validus unhealthy, infirm, indisposed, sick Synonyms: īnsānus, insalūbris, fessus, aeger, affectus, languidus, miser, valētūdinārius Antonyms: salvus, sānus, salūber, salūtāris, valēns, validus inconclusive ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== īnfirmitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === “infirmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infirmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “infirmus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 814. infirmus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 243 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnfĭrmus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 670