firesmo (firesmo)

A little-used mnemonic name for the mood of syllogism called festino. The name firesmo implies that the premises are transposed. fire-spirit (fir's pir it), n. The spirit or deity supposed in some systems of religion to be the animating principle of fire; fire personified. The Fire - spirit has great influence with the winged aërial supreme deity, wherefore the Indians implore him to be their interpreter, to procure them succe in hunting and fishing, fleet horses, obedient wives, and male children. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 253.