infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).
I In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath , Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: superi infernique Di, Liv. 24, 38, 8: stagna, id. 8, 24, 3: auster, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128: mare, the Tuscan Sea , Luc. 2, 400.—
II In partic., underground , belonging to the Lower Regions , infernal : rex, Pluto , Verg. A. 6, 106: Juno, Proserpine , id. ib. 6, 138: sedes, id. ib. 8, 244: tenebrae, id. ib. 7, 325: infernas umbras carminibus elicere, to raise the dead by magical incantations , Tac. A. 2, 28: palus, the Styx , Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon’s boat , Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion’s wheel , id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies , Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27: aspectus, Tac. G. 43.—
B Substt.
1 infernum , i, n., the depths of the earth : ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—
2 infernus , i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —
3 inferni , ōrum, m., the shades below : Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—
4 inferna , ōrum, n.
a The lower parts of the body , the abdomen , Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—
b The infernal regions , Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell , Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ , below , beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.