infimo

See also: ínfimo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfimus, superlative form of īnferus (“low, deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.fi.mo/
• Rhymes: -infimo
• Hyphenation: ìn‧fi‧mo

Adjective

infimo (feminine infima, masculine plural infimi, feminine plural infime)

1. lowest, very bad, inferior, worst

   Synonyms: inferiore, pessimo, ultimo, basso

Derived terms

• infimamente

Related terms

• inferiore
• infero
• imo

Further reading

• infimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

īnfimō

1. 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.