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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• firm (adj.):
      1. 1. firmus (in most senses of Eng.): f. ground, f. solum, Curt.: a f. and stedfast opinion, opinio f. et stabilis, Cic.: f. friendships, f. amicitiae, Cic.: v. strong.
      2. 2. stăbĭlis, e (not to be shaken): a level and f. road, via plana et s., Cic. Fl. 42, 105: a f. foundation, s. fundamentum, Lucr.: Liv. Oftener fig.: v. supr. (1). Join: firmus et stabilis et constans [amicus], Cic. Am. 17, 62.
      3. 3. sŏlĭdus (substantial, like the ground): v. solid. Fig.: shakes from his f. resolve, mente quatit solida, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 4.
      4. 4. immōbĭlis, e: v. IMMOVABLE.
      5. 5. (in fig. sense) obstĭnātus (firmly resolved; less freq. in good than in bad sense): fidelity f. (to obstinacy), obs. fides, Tac. H. 5, 5, ad init.: f. against woman's tears, obs. adversus lacrimas muliebres, Liv. 2, 40, ad init.: v. obstinate.
      6. 6. tĕnax, ācis (holding fast to any thing): f. of purpose, t. propositi, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 1: the obstinate man is he who is beyond measure f. of purpose, pertinax ultra modum t. propositi, Quint.
      7. 7. constans (only in fig. sense): v. constant, resolute.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FIRM
1. adj., firmus (that will resist external impressions, dissolution, destruction, etc.; hence, also, “steadfast;” opposed to labans, vacillans, and, for want of a suitable adjective, to imbecillus): stabilis (that can stand firm, or upon which one may stand firm); (The words are found in this connection and order.) stabilis et firmus; firmus stabilisque: constans (remaining the same, not changeable; like the course of the heavenly bodies, etc. All three, also, tropical for invariable, steadfast): offirmatus (IMPROP.; obstinate, inflexible): solidus (solid, etc.; PROP.; e.g., corpora, terra): duraturus (likely to last; of bodily things only). To stand firm, *immotum stare; or stare only; opposed to cadere or corruere: firm courage, animus firmus: to be firm, stare animo (of one person); stare animis (of several): to remain firm, stare (in) aliqua re (e.g., in one’s opinion, in sententia); da gradu non dejici (not to be confounded, lose one’s presence of mind, etc. Cic.); in anything, perseverare in re; firm and lasting friendship, amicitia firma et perpetua: a firm friend, amicus firmus, stabilis, constans, certus; firmus amicus ac fidelis (Cic.): to use firm language, oratione uti stabili ac non mutata: firm allies, socii fideles (Cic.); socii boni ac fideles, or boni fideles (both Liv.): a firm hand, manus strenua or stabilis (steady; Cels.; ☞ not manus firma). ☞ Terra firma should be terra continens. With a firm unshaken mind, stabili et firmo animo: a firm mind, animus obstinatus: a man of firm principles, homo constans: a firm resolution, consilium certum: to have a firm conviction of anything, de aliqua re sibi persuasisse.
2. v. Vid. CONFIRM, To FIX.