firmissimus
Latin
Adjective
firmissimus (superlative, feminine firmissima, neuter firmissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of firmus
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.3:
- Hāc ōrātiōne adductī, inter sē fīdem et iūs iūrandum dant, et rēgnō occupātō, per trēs potentissimōs ac firmissimōs populōs, tōtīus Galliae sēsē potīrī posse spērant.
- Influenced by this speech, among themselves they gave a pledge and swore an oath, and once the supreme power had been seized, through the three most powerful and most steadfast tribes, hoped that they themselves would be able to gain possession of all Gaul.
- Hāc ōrātiōne adductī, inter sē fīdem et iūs iūrandum dant, et rēgnō occupātō, per trēs potentissimōs ac firmissimōs populōs, tōtīus Galliae sēsē potīrī posse spērant.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | firmissimus | firmissima | firmissimum | firmissimī | firmissimae | firmissima | |
| genitive | firmissimī | firmissimae | firmissimī | firmissimōrum | firmissimārum | firmissimōrum | |
| dative | firmissimō | firmissimae | firmissimō | firmissimīs | |||
| accusative | firmissimum | firmissimam | firmissimum | firmissimōs | firmissimās | firmissima | |
| ablative | firmissimō | firmissimā | firmissimō | firmissimīs | |||
| vocative | firmissime | firmissima | firmissimum | firmissimī | firmissimae | firmissima | |