infimus

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *h₁n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īmus.

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Adjective[edit]

īnfimus (feminine īnfima, neuter īnfimum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of īnferus
    īnfimum marethe bottom of the sea

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnfimus īnfima īnfimum īnfimī īnfimae īnfima
Genitive īnfimī īnfimae īnfimī īnfimōrum īnfimārum īnfimōrum
Dative īnfimō īnfimō īnfimīs
Accusative īnfimum īnfimam īnfimum īnfimōs īnfimās īnfima
Ablative īnfimō īnfimā īnfimō īnfimīs
Vocative īnfime īnfima īnfimum īnfimī īnfimae īnfima

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: ínfim
  • French: infime
  • Italian: infimo
  • Portuguese: ínfimo
  • Romanian: infim
  • Spanish: ínfimo

References[edit]

  • 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[1], 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