To lower

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.

In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

limen superum inferumque salve,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

loca,

the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

fulmina,

that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

navigatio infero,

upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

inferorum animas elicere,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ab inferis excitare aliquem,

i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.

Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.

Lit.:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 2, 25:

pars,

id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

scriptura,

Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —

Trop.

Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

inferioris aetatis esse,

id. ib. 64, 228:

inferiores quinque dies,

the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —

Inferior in quality, rank, or number.

With abl. specif.:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

inferior fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

inferiores animo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

Cic. Brut. 8:

erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2.—

With in and abl.:

in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—

Absol.:

inferiores extollere,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

id. Quint. 31:

supplices inferioresque,

id. Font. 11:

ordines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

crudelis in inferiores,

Auct. Her. 4, 40:

non inferiora secutus,

naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.

Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.

Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

ab infimis radicibus montis,

id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

cum scripsissem haec infima,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

ab infima ara,

from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

sub infimo colle,

the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

ab infimo,

from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

ad infimum,

at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—

Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

infima faex populi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

condicio servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13:

infimo loco natus,

id. Fl. 11:

summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

id. Off. 2, 12:

humilitas natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

preces,

the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

quid summe est, quid infime,

Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —

Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).

Lit.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

fundo in imo,

at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

conviva,

that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

ad imam quercum,

at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

in aure ima,

at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.

Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

Ov. F. 5, 665. —

īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

ab imo ad summum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

id. ib. 4, 17:

suspirare ab imo,

to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

(aures) instabiles imo facit,

at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

aquae perspicuae imo,

down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

ima summis mutare,

to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

ima,

the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

ima maris,

the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

ima montis,

the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—

Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

mensis,

Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

* * *

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

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.—

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.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

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.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

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.—

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.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

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.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

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.—

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.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

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.

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

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.—

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.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

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.

infrā [infer, inferă, sc. parte], adv. and prep.

Adv., on the under side, below, underneath.

Lit.:

infra nihil est nisi mortale... supra Lunam sunt aeterna omnia,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

in occipitio et infra, qua summa vertebra, etc.,

Cels. 3, 23 fin. — With quam:

ipsius autem partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id quod devoratur, dilatantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3:

si infra, quam rami fuere, praecidatur,

Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 123.— Absol., of the lower world:

non seges est infra,

there is no sowing down below, Tib. 1, 10, 35.—Of a following place in a writing, below:

earum exemplum infra scripsi,

Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Fam. 5, 10, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 9.— Comp.: inferius, lower, farther down:

altius egressus caelestia tecta cremabis. inferius terras,

Ov. M. 2, 137:

currere,

id. ib. 2, 208:

inferius, quam collo pectora subsunt,

id. ib. 12, 420.—

Trop.

Below, beneath, in value or esteem:

liberos ejus ut multum infra despectare,

Tac. A. 2, 43.— Comp., lower, farther down:

persequi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 263: virtutem non flamma, non ruina inferius adducet. Sen. Ep. 79:

quae praeterire, quam inferius exsequi tutius duximus,

Sol. 2 med. —

Farther along the coast:

onerariae duae... paulo infra delatae sunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 36.—

Later in time:

quid quod Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra... geminabatur,

Quint. 1, 7, 20.

Prep. with acc., below, under.

Lit.:

ad mare infra oppidum exspectabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

infra mortuos amandare,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

infra caelum et sidera nox cadit,

Tac. Agr. 12.—

Of time, later than:

Homerus non infra superiorem Lycurgum fuit,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40. —

Of size, smaller than:

uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28.—

Of number, less than:

non infra novena (ova),

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; id. 6, 6, 6, § 18.—

Trop., below, beneath in rank, honor, or esteem:

quem ego infra esse infimos omnis puto homines,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 36:

res humanas despicere atque infra se positas arbitrari,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

omnia infra se esse judicare,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 25:

e quo infra se et Caesarem videret et rempublicam,

he despised them, Vell. 2, 76, 4:

semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metientem,

id. 2, 127 fin.:

infra servos cliens,

id. 2, 83:

non infra speciem,

not inferior in beauty, Prop. 1, 20, 5:

conferant se Marii... infra Pallantis laudes jacebunt,

they will not come up to the glory of Pallas, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

id quidem infra grammatici officium est,

Quint. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 2, 5, 4.