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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īmus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnfimus (superlative, feminine īnfima, neuter īnfimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of īnferus
- īnfimum mare ― the bottom of the sea
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “infimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
- a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
- from the lowest classes: infimo loco natus
- high and low: summi (et) infimi (Rep. 1. 34. 53)
- a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum