offirmo (obf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [ob-firmo], to render firm, durable, or steadfast (class. only in the P. a.).
I Lit.: pertica, quā stabuli fores offirmari solebant, arrepta, to fasten, bolt , Ap. Met. 7, 28, 5; corium, id. ib. 7, 22, 10—
II Trop., to hold fast to , persevere in : certum offirmare est viam me, quam decrevi persequi, Ter. Hec. 454: se, to persist , be obstinate , id. Heaut. 1052: vir impius procaciter obfirmat vultum suum, Vulg. Prov. 21, 29: faciem, id. Ezek. 4, 3: spiritus, id. Dan. 5, 20.—So without se, neutr. : censen' posse me offirmare? Ter. Eun. 217.—With inf.: offirmastin' occultare, quo te immittas, pessume? Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40.
III —Hence, offirmātus ( obf- ), a, um, P. a., firm , resolute , obstinate : animus fortis atque offirmatus, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 15: satin offirmatum quod mihi erat, id me exorat, settled , resolved on , id. Bacch. 5, 2, 83.— Comp. : mihi videtur illius voluntas obstinatior et in hāc iracundiā offirmatior, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—Adv.: offirmātē ( obf- ), firmly , stubbornly (post-Aug.): offirmate resistere, Suet. Tib. 25.