infirmo

See also: infirmò

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

infirmo (feminine infirma, masculine plural infirmi, feminine plural infirme)

1. (literary, archaic) alternative form of infermo

Derived terms

• infirmità

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

infirmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of infirmare

Anagrams

• Firmino, firmino, informi

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin īnfirmus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin īnfirmō

From īnfirmus (“sick, weak, infirm”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfɪr.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈfir.mo]

Verb

īnfirmō (present infinitive īnfirmāre, perfect active īnfirmāvī, supine īnfirmātum); first conjugation

1. to weaken, enfeeble, deprive of strength
2. to invalidate, disprove, dispute
   • 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 81:

     quis est qui id hoc tempore infirmare conetur?

     Who shall, at this time, attempt to disprove it?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnfirmō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnfirmō		īnfirmās		īnfirmat		īnfirmāmus		īnfirmātis		īnfirmant
	imperfect	īnfirmābam		īnfirmābās		īnfirmābat		īnfirmābāmus		īnfirmābātis		īnfirmābant
	future	īnfirmābō		īnfirmābis		īnfirmābit		īnfirmābimus		īnfirmābitis		īnfirmābunt
	perfect	īnfirmāvī		īnfirmāvistī		īnfirmāvit		īnfirmāvimus		īnfirmāvistis		īnfirmāvērunt, īnfirmāvēre
	pluperfect	īnfirmāveram		īnfirmāverās		īnfirmāverat		īnfirmāverāmus		īnfirmāverātis		īnfirmāverant
	future perfect	īnfirmāverō		īnfirmāveris		īnfirmāverit		īnfirmāverimus		īnfirmāveritis		īnfirmāverint
passive	present	īnfirmor		īnfirmāris, īnfirmāre		īnfirmātur		īnfirmāmur		īnfirmāminī		īnfirmantur
	imperfect	īnfirmābar		īnfirmābāris, īnfirmābāre		īnfirmābātur		īnfirmābāmur		īnfirmābāminī		īnfirmābantur
	future	īnfirmābor		īnfirmāberis, īnfirmābere		īnfirmābitur		īnfirmābimur		īnfirmābiminī		īnfirmābuntur
	perfect	īnfirmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnfirmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnfirmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnfirmem		īnfirmēs		īnfirmet		īnfirmēmus		īnfirmētis		īnfirment
	imperfect	īnfirmārem		īnfirmārēs		īnfirmāret		īnfirmārēmus		īnfirmārētis		īnfirmārent
	perfect	īnfirmāverim		īnfirmāverīs		īnfirmāverit		īnfirmāverīmus		īnfirmāverītis		īnfirmāverint
	pluperfect	īnfirmāvissem		īnfirmāvissēs		īnfirmāvisset		īnfirmāvissēmus		īnfirmāvissētis		īnfirmāvissent
passive	present	īnfirmer		īnfirmēris, īnfirmēre		īnfirmētur		īnfirmēmur		īnfirmēminī		īnfirmentur
	imperfect	īnfirmārer		īnfirmārēris, īnfirmārēre		īnfirmārētur		īnfirmārēmur		īnfirmārēminī		īnfirmārentur
	perfect	īnfirmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnfirmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnfirmā		—		—		īnfirmāte		—
	future	—		īnfirmātō		īnfirmātō		—		īnfirmātōte		īnfirmantō
passive	present	—		īnfirmāre		—		—		īnfirmāminī		—
	future	—		īnfirmātor		īnfirmātor		—		—		īnfirmantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnfirmāre			īnfirmārī			īnfirmāns			—
future		īnfirmātūrum esse			īnfirmātum īrī			īnfirmātūrus			īnfirmandus
perfect		īnfirmāvisse			īnfirmātum esse			—			īnfirmātus
future perfect		—			īnfirmātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnfirmātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnfirmandī		īnfirmandō		īnfirmandum		īnfirmandō		īnfirmātum		īnfirmātū

Derived terms

• īnfirmātiō
• īnfirmātor
• īnfirmātus

Related terms

• īnfirmē
• īnfirmitās
• īnfirmiter
• īnfirmus

Descendants

• English: infirm
• French: infirmer
• Italian: infirmare, infermare
• Spanish: enfermar

Adjective

īnfirmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of infirmus

References

• “infirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infirmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “infirmo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
    
  • to weaken, destroy a man's credit: fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)
    

Portuguese

Verb

infirmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of infirmar