inferiae

English

Etymology

From Latin inferus (“underneath”).

Noun

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) īnferiae

1. nominative plural of īnferia
2. genitive singular of īnferia
3. dative singular of īnferia
4. vocative plural of īnferia

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