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|lshtext=<b>infrā</b>: [[infer]], inferă, sc. parte, adv. and prep.<br /><b>I</b> Adv., on the under [[side]], [[below]], [[underneath]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farther [[along]] the [[coast]]: onerariae duae ... [[paulo]] [[infra]] delatae sunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Later in [[time]]: [[quid]] [[quod]] Ciceronis temporibus paulumque [[infra]] ... geminabatur, Quint. 1, 7, 20.<br /><b>II</b> Prep. [[with]] acc., [[below]], under.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]], [[later]] [[than]]: [[Homerus]] non [[infra]] superiorem Lycurgum fuit, Cic. Brut. 10, 40. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[size]], smaller [[than]]: uri sunt magnitudine [[paulo]] [[infra]] elephantos, Caes. B. G. 6, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[number]], [[less]] [[than]]: non [[infra]] novena (ova), Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; id. 6, 6, 6, § 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.
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|gf=<b>īnfrā</b>⁹ (inferā), adv. et prép.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> adv.,<br /><b>1</b> au-dessous, en bas, à la partie inférieure : Cic. Rep. 6, 17 ; [[infra]] scripsi Cic. Att. 8, 6, 2, j’ai transcrit ci-dessous ; naves [[paulo]] [[infra]] delatæ sunt Cæs. G. 4, 36, 4, les navires furent entraînés un peu [[plus]] bas || [[infra]] [[quam]] id [[quod]] devoratur Cic. Nat. 2, 135, [[plus]] bas que ce qui [[est]] avalé, cf. [[Varro]] R. 1, 41, 3 ; Plin. 16, 123 ; Ov. M. 2, 278<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] au-dessous [quant au rang] : Liv. 1, 43, 11 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 43.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> prép. avec accus.,<br /><b>1</b> au-dessous de, au bas de : [[infra]] [[oppidum]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, au-dessous de la ville [au bas de la hauteur] || [sur le lit de table] Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> [[infra]] Lycurgum Cic. Br. 40, postérieur<sup>t</sup> à Lycurgue ; <b> b)</b> magnitudine [[infra]] elephantos Cæs. G. 6, 28, [[plus]] petits que les éléphants ; <b> c)</b> [[infra]] [[duo]] jugera Plin. 6, 18, moins de deux arpents ; <b> d)</b> [[omnia]] [[infra]] se [[esse]] judicare Cic. Fin. 3, 25, juger au-dessous de soi toutes choses, cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 15 ; [[infra]] [[officium]] alicujus Quint. 1, 7, 1, au-dessous de la tâche de qqn [[indigne]] de qqn].
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