infernus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfɛr.nus] === Etymology 1 === From īnferus, by analogy with supernus. ==== Adjective ==== īnfernus (feminine īnferna, neuter īnfernum); first/second-declension adjective of the lower regions infernal, hellish ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === A clipping of the phrase īnfernus locus ("the nether place") ==== Noun ==== īnfernus m (genitive īnfernī); second declension the underworld, the netherworld the hell Synonyms: gehenna, īnferna ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === References === “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “infernus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. infernus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016