infimus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

īnfimus or īnfumus adj. sup.

cf. inferus, lowest, last (cf. īmus, but of the lowest of several objects, infimus is used): radices montis, Cs.: cum scripsissem haec infima: arā, lowest part : sub infimo colle, foot , Cs.: collis passūs circiter CC infimus apertus, at the bottom , Cs.—As subst n., the lowest part, bottom : collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, at the foot , Cs.: ad infimum, at the bottom , Cs.—Fig., lowest, meanest, basest : esse infra infumos Homines, T.: quisquam: faex populi: infimo loco natus: summos cum infimis pari iure retinebat: preces, most humble , L.