valid Copy link Outline I. StrongII. Fig.1. firmus2. justus (sufficient)3. certus (to be trusted)4. lēgĭtĭmus (allowed by law)III. Of a law or principle, of legal efficacy, in force1. rătus (established)2. stăbĭlis, e1. văleo, 22. rătus sum3. perh. vĭgeo, 2 (to flourish) • valid: I. Strong: vălĭdus: v. strong. II. Fig.: sound, capable of being supported: 1. firmus: v. arguments, argumenta f. ad probandum, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: a most weighty and v. argument, argumentum gravissimum et firmissimum, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 37. 2. justus (sufficient): a v. excuse, satis j. excusatio, id. Pis. 15, 36. 3. certus (to be trusted): very v. proofs, certissima argumenta, id. Cat. 3, 5, 13. 4. lēgĭtĭmus (allowed by law): a v. excuse, excusatio l., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14. III. Of a law or principle, of legal efficacy, in force: 1. rătus (established): things which cannot be v., quae r. esse non possunt, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 21 r. tribunatus, opp. irritus, id. Prov. Cons. 19., 45: v. wills, testamenta r., opp. rupta, id. de Or. 1, 38, 173. 2. stăbĭlis, e: a v. right of possession, s. et certa possessio, id. Am. 15, 55. Join: s., fixus, ratus, id. Ac. 2, 9, 27: jussus, ratus, firmus, id. Caec. 33, 96. To be v.: 1. văleo, 2: the announcement of an adverse omen was not v., nihil v. obnunciatio, id. Div. 1, 16, 30: your excuses are v. in my eyes, v. apud me excusationes tuae, id. Sull. 16, 47. 2. rătus sum: it will be v. in my eyes, I shall approve, r. mihi erunt, id. Fam. 7, 23, 1. 3. perh. vĭgeo, 2 (to flourish): whose authority I hear is still v., quem maxime vigere audio, id. de Or. 3, 28, 110. To establish as v., prŏbo, 1: to show that one's case is v., causam p., id. Balb. 21, 49. To regard as v., ratum habeo, opp. rescindo, id. Part. Or. 36, 125: r. duco, Liv. 27, 17, fin.: r. efficio, id. 1, 6, 2: v. to approve, confirm, ratify.