Firmavi

Firmavi is the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb firmare, meaning to strengthen, to make firm, or to establish. It translates as “I strengthened” or “I made firm” and is used to denote a completed action in the past.

The verb firmare belongs to the 1st conjugation and is derived from firmus, meaning firm or steadfast. The perfect forms are built with the suffix -avi (often written as -āvī in diacritic form), yielding forms such as firmavi for the first person singular.

In usage, firmavi takes a direct object in the accusative to specify what was made firm or established. For example, firmavi murum means “I strengthened the wall.” More figurative uses include firmavi fidem, “I confirmed or strengthened the faith/trust.” The form is common in classical Latin authors and is standard in Latin grammar as an example of the perfect active of 1st-conjugation verbs.

Beyond classical texts, firmavi appears in Latin-language instruction, lexicography, and Neo-Latin writings, where it serves as a canonical illustration of conjugation patterns. It is not typically used as a noun or proper name, though it may appear in educational materials listing verb forms or in discussions of Latin verb morphology.