inferus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *enðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér-o-s, from *(H)n̥dʰér. Cognate with English under, Sanskrit अधर (ádhara). *ð > f is irregular in word-internal position (**inderus would be expected; compare fundus) and is explained either as (Faliscan) dialectal influence or by assuming metanalysis as a compound with in. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈĩː.fɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiɱ.fe.rus] === Adjective === īnferus (feminine īnfera, neuter īnferum, comparative īnferior, superlative īnfimus or īmus, adverb īnfrā); first/second-declension adjective low (in the masculine plural) the souls of the dead (in the neuter plural) the netherworld, the underworld, Hell porta īnferī ― gate of hell ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== īnferia īnferior īnfernus īnfrā ==== Descendants ==== Italian: infero === References === “inferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inferus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “inferus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.