Definition of infimus, infumus
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LEM
īnfimus, īnfima, īnfimum
(īnfumus, īnfuma, īnfumum)
cf. inferus
adjective (2-1-2)
  1. lowest, last [cf. i_mus, but of the lowest of several objects, infimus is used]
  2. [as subst n.] the lowest part, bottom
  3. [figuratively] lowest, meanest, basest
Abbreviations
īnfimus or īnfumus adj. sup. cf. inferus, lowest, last (cf. īmus, but of the lowest of several objects, infimus is used): radices montis, Cs.: cum scripsissem haec infima: arā, lowest part: sub infimo colle, foot, Cs.: collis passūs circiter CC infimus apertus, at the bottom, Cs.

—As subst n., the lowest part, bottom: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, at the foot, Cs.: ad infimum, at the bottom, Cs.

—Fig., lowest, meanest, basest: esse infra infumos Homines, T.: quisquam: faex populi: infimo loco natus: summos cum infimis pari iure retinebat: preces, most humble, L.
 
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