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Italian
Etymology
From Latin īnfimus, superlative form of īnferus (“low, deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.
Pronunciation
Adjective
infimo (feminine infima, masculine plural infimi, feminine plural infime)
- lowest, very bad, inferior, worst
- Synonyms: inferiore, pessimo, ultimo, basso
Derived terms
Further reading
- infimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
īnfimō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfimus
References
- “infimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infimo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- infimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.