inferius

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfɛ.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈfɛː.ri.us]

Etymology 1

īnferō (“I inter”) +‎ -ius.

Adjective

īnferius (feminine īnferia, neuter īnferium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) sacrificial

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnferius	īnferia	īnferium		īnferiī	īnferiae	īnferia
genitive	īnferiī	īnferiae	īnferiī		īnferiōrum	īnferiārum	īnferiōrum
dative	īnferiō	īnferiae	īnferiō		īnferiīs
accusative	īnferium	īnferiam	īnferium		īnferiōs	īnferiās	īnferia
ablative	īnferiō	īnferiā	īnferiō		īnferiīs
vocative	īnferie	īnferia	īnferium		īnferiī	īnferiae	īnferia

Derived terms

• īnferiae

Etymology 2

Adverb

īnferius (comparative)

1. comparative degree of īnfrā: further below

   Synonym: subterius

   Antonym: superius

Adjective

īnferius

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of īnferior

References

• “inferius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inferius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “inferius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.