Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul
firmē: adv., v. firmus.
firmē¹⁴ (firmus), solidement, fortement, fermement : Cic. Fin. 1, 71 || firmius Plin. 35, 165 ; -issime Cic. Att. 10, 14, 3.