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Example sentences for "firmus"

Lexicographically close words:
firmly; firmness; firmo; firms; firmum; firn; firre; firs; firsht; first
  1. Firmus and Rusticus, the holy bishop Proculus went to them into their prison to encourage them to strive manfully for Christ.

  2. Firmus and Rusticus, other accounts of S.

  3. Anulinus sat on his judgment seat, and they brought before him Firmus and Rusticus, and after them the venerable Proculus.

  4. Firmus and Rusticus are not precisely in their original form, or this error would not have crept in, of making Maximian into Maximin; otherwise they seem to be trustworthy.

  5. The Count Theodosius, the general who suppressed the insurrection of Firmus in Mauretania, was a Spaniard, and the army he led into Africa was made up, for the most part, of Gauls.

  6. Cherchell, which had already been sorely tried during the revolt of Firmus the Moor, was captured again and burned.

  7. After the risings of Firmus and Gildo, came the lootings of the southern Nomads and the Berber mountaineers.

  8. The troubles excited by the usurper Firmus in the Upper Egypt had never been perfectly appeased, and the cities of Ptolemais and Coptos, fortified by the alliance of the Blemmyes, still maintained an obscure rebellion.

  9. Such troops were a feeble defence against the approach of Aurelian; and it seems almost unnecessary to relate, that Firmus was routed, taken, tortured, and put to death.

  10. The melodies which compose the Cantus firmus may have been, in part at least, borrowed from church tones.

  11. Havercamp) seems to place the revolt of Firmus after the deaths of Valentinian and Valens.

  12. Though Firmus possessed arms and treasures, his despair of victory immediately reduced him to the use of those arts, which, in the same country, and in a similar situation, had formerly been practised by the crafty Jugurtha.

  13. While he was thus successful, through the protection of the Supreme Deity, he received correct intelligence from one of his scouts that Firmus had fled to the tribe of the Isaflenses.

  14. And then, sending before him a present, Firmus himself went with confidence to meet the Roman general, mounted on a horse fitted for any emergency.

  15. From the letter of Aurelian, we may justly infer, that Firmus was the last of the rebels, and consequently that Tetricus was already suppressed.

  16. The choral tunes which serve as Cantus firmus are taken from Fux's Gradus ad Pamassum, which was no doubt employed as a textbook.

  17. The motifs were often taken from the Cantus firmus itself, in a rhythmical, diminished form.

  18. An elaboration in his boyish handwriting of the Cantus firmus "Cibavit eos in adipe" (44 K.

  19. Footnote 41: Whether any special Masonic wisdom lurks in the choice of this song I cannot say; it is worthy of remark that even in the Masonic funeral music a figured Cantus firmus is made use of (Vol.

  20. It is his way of carrying on together a cantus firmus in two's and a counterpoint in three's.

  21. In the opening chorus of "Herr Gott dich loben wir," the cantus firmus is in the soprano, the other voices sing throughout, making the interludes which are usually allotted to the instruments.

  22. Firmus was at last conquered by Aurelian in person, who took him prisoner, and had him tortured and then put to death.

  23. Had Firmus raised the Roman legions in rebellion, he would have been honoured with the title of a rebel emperor; but, as his power rested on the Egyptians and Arabs, Aurelian only boasted that he had rid the world of a robber.

  24. Firmus was a man of great size and bodily strength, and, of course, barbarian manners.

  25. To cantus firmus c write fourth species mixed in the other parts.

  26. Write twice, changing the cantus firmus about.

  27. In this and in succeeding lessons set the cantus firmus in any part, and transpose if necessary.

  28. To cantus firmus c write third species in one part, as directed for the second species (b).

  29. To cantus firmus c write fourth species in one part and fifth in the other.

  30. To cantus firmus b write second species in one part and third in the other.

  31. To cantus firmus b write third species in one part and fifth in the other.

  32. To cantus firmus b write two above and two below in the second species.

  33. To cantus firmus b write second species in two parts, as previously directed.

  34. To cantus firmus c write third species mixed in the other three parts.

  35. To cantus firmus b write third species in two parts, as in Fig.

  36. To cantus firmus b write fourth species in one part, as directed in previous lessons.

  37. To cantus firmus c write the first, third and fourth species in the other three parts.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firmus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.