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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fi.mus/, [ˈĩːfɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fi.mus/, [ˈiɱfimus]
Adjective[edit]
īnfimus (feminine īnfima, neuter īnfimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of īnferus
- īnfimum mare ― the bottom of the sea
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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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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
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
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