Italian

Adjective

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

1. (literary, obsolete) Variant of infermo

Derived terms

• infirmità

Verb

infirmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of infirmare

Anagrams

• firmino
• informi

Latin

Etymology

From īnfirmus ‎(“sick, weak, infirm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːnˈfir.moː/

Verb

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

1. I weaken, enfeeble, deprive of strength.
2. I invalidate, disprove, dispute.

Inflection

Derived terms

• īnfirmātus

Related terms

• īnfirmē
• īnfirmitās
• īnfirmiter
• īnfirmus

Descendants

• French: infirmer
• Italian: infirmare

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “infirmo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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