inferno
Dictionary entries
- Entry →infernus, inferna, infernum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lower, under; underground, of the lower regions, infernal; of hell;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →infernus, inferni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
inhabitants of the lower world (pl.), the shades; the damned; Hell (Bee);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →infernum, inferni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lower regions (pl.), infernal regions, hell;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tota contactu horruit. actum est abunde! gradere ad infernos specus amnemque notum; iam tuum maestae pedem terrae grauantur..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...artus hydra fecundum meos caput explicaret; inter infernos lacus possessus atra nocte cum Fato steti nec inuocaui..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...limine ipso maesta lamentatio? hospitia digna prorsus inferno hospite. Nvtrix Tenet obstinatum Phaedra consilium necis fletusque nostros spernit..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...mirantur tantos strepitus turbamque ruentem et loca et infernos almae virtutis honores. Valerius Flaccus The Latin Library..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mala Tisiphone trepidis inserta ministris astat et inferno praeuertit uota Tonanti. 'summe deum, tibi namque meae primordia Thebae..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...terrae summaque terga quati grauiorque efferuere puluis coeperat; inferno mugit iam murmure campus. bella putant trepidi bellique hunc..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...videtur, nunc, ubi demissam curvum circumstetit aequor, suspicere inferno summum de gurgite caelum. saepe dat ingentem fluctu latus..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...expostulantes. simul intendere manus, adgerere probra, consecratum Claudium, inferno[s] Silanorum manes invocare et tot inrita facinora. Turbatus..."