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|lshtext=<b>firmāmentum</b>: i, n. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a strengthening, [[support]], [[prop]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. [[sense]] and in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: transversaria tigna iniciuntur, quae firmamento esse possint, Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 2: ossa nervique et articuli, firmamenta totius corporis, Sen. de Ira, 2, 1, 2: vincula et firmamenta membrorum, Gell. 13, 22, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[sky]] [[fixed]] [[above]] the [[earth]], the [[firmament]] ([[late]] Lat.), Tert. Bapt. 3; Aug. de Genes. ad lit. 2 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[support]], [[prop]], [[stay]]: eum ordinem, qui exercet vectigalia, [[firmamentum]] ceterorum ordinum recte esse dicemus, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: [[firmamentum]] ac [[robur]] totius accusationis, id. Mur. 28, 58; cf.: [[multo]] [[plus]] firmamenti ac roboris, id. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 10: [[parum]] firmamenti et [[parum]] virium, id. Clu. 2, 5: rei publicae, id. Planc. 9, 23; cf.: imperii populi Romani, id. Phil. 3, 5, 13: stabilitatis constantiaeque [[fides]] est, id. Lael. 18, 65: dignitatis, id. Tusc. 4, 3, 7: [[honor]] sacerdotii [[firmamentum]], potentiae adsumebatur, Tac. H. 5, 8: si ullum [[firmamentum]] in [[illo]] teste posuisses, Cic. Fl. 37, 92: legionem ex subsidiis in primam aciem [[firmamentum]] ducit, as a [[support]], Liv. 29, 2, 9.—In plur.: [[Romulus]] cum haec egregia duo firmamenta rei publicae peperisset, auspicia et senatum, Cic. Rep. 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., rhet. t. t., the [[chief]] [[support]] of an [[argument]], the [[main]] [[point]], τὸ συνέχον, Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19; id. Part. 29, 103; Auct. Her. 1, 16, 26; Quint. 3, 11, 1; 9; 12 sq.
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|gf=<b>firmāmentum</b>,¹² ī, n. ([[firmo]]), ce qui affermit, appui, étai : Cæs. C. 2, 15, 2 ; Sen. Ira 2, 1, 2 || [fig.] accusationis Cic. Mur. 58, le principal soutien de l’accusation || force [[confirmative]], moyen de prouver : in [[aliquo]] ponere Cic. Fl. 92, compter sur qqn pour prouver qqch. || cæleste [[firmamentum]] Tert. Bapt. 3, et abs<sup>t</sup> [[firmamentum]] Vulg., le firmament || [rhét.] le point essentiel (τὸ συνέχον) : Cic. Inv. 1, 19.
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