infimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inferus, infera -um, inferior -or -us, infimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →infio, inferi, infactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
begin (to do something); begin to speak; (infit is only classical example);
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...oratores populi, summates viri, summi accubent, ego infimatis infimus. EPIG. Haud aequomst te inter oratores accipi. GEL. Equidem..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...Carthaginis horror, ossa dedit terrae proinde ac famul infimus esset. adde repertores doctrinarum atque leporum, adde Heliconiadum comites..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...nascebatur adversus huic et contrarius, passus circiter CC infimus apertus, ab superiore parte silvestris, ut non facile introrsus..."
