offirmo
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Etymology[edit]
From ob- + firmō (“strengthen, make firm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ofˈfir.moː/, [ɔfˈfɪrmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfir.mo/, [ofˈfirmo]
Verb[edit]
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
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References[edit]
- “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.