inferius

infĕrĭus, adv.,

• v. infra.

infĕrĭus, a, um, adj. [infero],

• that is offered or sacrificed (ante- and post-class.): vinum, sacrificial wine, Cato R. R. 132, 2; 134, 3; Arn. 4, 138.

1. īnferius, a, um (infero), dargebracht, geopfert, vinum, die Menge Wein, die man den Göttern widmete od. opferte, ehe man den Wein selbst kostete, die Spende, das Trankopfer (griech. χοή), Cato r. r. 132, 2 u. 134, 4. Arnob. 4, 16: vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 113, 2. – subst., īnferiae, ārum, f., a) Opfer zu Ehren der Verstorbenen, die Totenopfer (χοαί), inferias publice instituere, Suet.: inferias (alci) mittere, Lucr., Verg. u. Iustin.: alci inferias afferre, Cic.: (alci) inferias dare, Ov., Suet. u.a.: se inferias (als T.) dare, Solin.: alci inferias facere, Tac.: alci debitas inferias persolvere, Sen.: alci inferias immolare, Verg. – b) das Grabmal, et nostri (= nostris) voltus derigis (= dirigis) inferieis (= inferiis), Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 1837, 2.

2. īnferius, I) Adv., s. īnfrā. – II) Adi. neutr., s. īnferno. II.

inferius [CL] 1 to a lower level, downward. Gilb. III 130. 2 (v. hebetudo 2a); Chr. Witham 501 (v. gleba 1a); nescis ut infatuat debiles hominis oculos qui in altum ascendit? certe, quod ~ius [ME: dunewart] respicit AncrR 103. 2 at a lower level, below; b in hell. pannus ‥ quo ‥ omnis reliquiarum ~ius locata congeries velabatur R. Cold. Cuthb. 42 p. 89; Id. Osw. 51 (v. deorsum 1c); quare si sambucus, laureola, vel aliquod tale radatur superius provocat vomitum, si ~ius assellationem?  Quaest. Salern. P 59; corpus extensum in cruce, latum sicut scutum superius in bracchiis suis extensis, strictum ~ius [ME: bineoðen] tanquam uno pede AncrR 154; Gad. 118v. 1 (v. dualis c); punctus cum virgula ~ius ducta Dictamen 337 (v. distinctio 1d).  b jussisti servis tuis referre tue divine majestati secreta quae ~ius [v. l. in infernis] fecisti Eul. Hist. I 116. 3 further on, at a later point in a text. ut ‘Heliam corvi quondam pavere ministri’ [Sedulius Carmen Paschale I 170] et longe ~ius ‘agmen pavit inorme’ [ib. III 264] Aldh. PR 114; 946 (13c) concedens ei terram / ‥ / certis tramitibus / uti fertur inferius CS 815; 955 hujus doni constipulatorum nomina inperius notata videntur CS 908; 1228 debet recipere teoloneum in forma ~ius subscripta EEC 156; 1266 debet ‥ xv bollas, que venduntur pro v s. iij d., de quibus respondebit ~ius ExchScot I 2; 1333 (v. decretalis 2c); que ~ius in loco suo patebit Elmh. Cant. 102; 1537 petit alloc’ de diversis pratis ‥ lucratis et inductis ad usum domus, sic ~ius oneratis, viij li. xj s. iiij d. Ac. Durh. 706.

1 īnfĕrĭus, (14) adv., compar. de infra, plus bas, plus au-dessous : Ov. M. 2, 137 ; 2, 208 || [fig.] virtutem inferius adducere Sen. Ep. 79, 10, faire déchoir la vertu.

2 īnfĕrĭus, a, um (infero), offert [dans les sacrifices] : Cato Agr. 132, 2 ; 134, 4, cf. P. Fest. 113, 2 ; Arn. 7, 31 ; Serv. En. 9, 641 || v. inferiæ.

īnferius adj.

• neut. of inferior, lower, further down: Inferius terras (cremabis), too low, O.: inferius suis fraternos currere equos, O.—With quam, O.