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English
Etymology
From Latin inferiae, from inferus (“underneath”).
Noun
inferiae pl (plural only)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Latin
Etymology
From īnferius.
Pronunciation
Noun
īnferiae f pl (genitive īnferiārum); first declension
- sacrifice in honour of the dead; the funeral rites
- Synonym: fūnus
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Descendants
References
- “inferiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inferiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inferiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “inferiae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “inferiae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin