Firmum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Firmum, i, n.,

I a fortified sea-port of Picenum , now Fermo , Mel. 2, 4, 6; Vell. 1, 14, 8; Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, B. 1.—

II Deriv.: Firmānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Firmum , Firmian : cohors, Liv. 44, 40: L. Tarutius Firmanus, of Firmum , Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98: audivi ex Gavio hoc Firmano, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3: fratres, id. ib.— Subst.: Firmāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Firmum , Firmians , Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 23.— Castellum Firmānōrum , the port of Firmum , regarded as a separate place, now Porto di Fermo , Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.

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