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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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|georg=īnfrā (statt inferā [sc. parte], v. [[infer]] od. [[inferus]]), I) Adv.: 1) eig.: a) im allg.: α) Posit.: [[unten]], [[unterhalb]], [[darunter]], [[auch]] ([[nach]] Verben der [[Bewegung]]) [[nach]] [[unten]], [[unten]] [[hin]], [[mit]] kompar. [[Begriff]] [[auch]] = [[weiter]] [[unten]] od. [[unten]] [[hin]], tiefer [[unten]], magno [[numero]] iumentorum in flumine [[supra]] [[atque]] [[infra]] constituto, Caes.: innumeros [[supra]] [[infra]], dextrā sinistrā deos [[esse]], Cic.: [[ossa]] [[infra]] supraque coniuncta, Cels.: cum [[supra]] saxa perpetua sint, [[infra]] [[humilitas]] perpetua, Paneg. vet.: gentibus innumeris circumque infraque relictis, Ov.: in superiore parte navigare [[tantum]], [[infra]] [[etiam]] natare [[concessum]], Plin. ep.: an [[mare]] [[quod]] [[supra]] memorem, quodque alluit [[infra]], Verg.: onerariae duae [[paulo]] [[infra]] delatae sunt, Caes.: humum [[infra]] (in der [[Tiefe]]) moliri, Tac.: v. [[Platz]] [[bei]] Tische, discubuēre in [[summa]] [[Antonius]] et [[infra]] [[scriba]] Sertori Versius, Sall. fr.: Nomentanus erat [[super]] ipsum, [[Porcius]] [[infra]], Hor. – in Schriften, earum (litterarum) [[exemplum]] [[infra]] scripsi od. [[scriptum]] est, Cic. u. Sall.: augendo [[enim]] [[quod]] est [[infra]], [[necesse]] est extollat id, [[quod]] [[supra]] positum est, Quint. – [[infra]], quā (tiefer [[unten]], wo) [[summa]] [[vertebra]] cum capite committitur, Cels. 2, 23 extr.: ipsius (stomachi) partes, [[quae]] sunt [[infra]] [[quam]] id ([[weiter]] [[unten]] [[als]] das), [[quod]] devoratur, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 135; vgl. [[Varro]] r. r. 1, 41, 3. Plin. 16, 123: [[infra]] [[quam]] solet [[esse]] ([[unter]] der gewohnten [[Erhebung]]) fuit (Tellus), Ov. [[met]]. 2, 278. – β) Compar. īnferius, [[weiter]] [[unten]], tiefer [[unten]], [[weiter]] [[hinab]], tiefer [[hinab]], altius (zu [[hoch]]) [[egressus]] caelestia tecta cremabis, [[inferius]] (zu [[tief]]) terras, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 136 sq.: [[inferius]] [[suis]] (tiefer [[als]] die ihrigen) fraternos currere [[Luna]] admiratur equos, Ov. [[met]]. 2, 208: virtutem [[non]] [[flamma]], [[non]] [[ruina]] [[inferius]] adducet, Sen. ep. 79, 10. – [[inferius]] maiestate suā rati, es [[unter]] ihrer [[Würde]] haltend, Tac. ann. 3, 3. – in Schriften, persequar [[inferius]] m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ov. trist. 2, 263. – [[inferius]] [[quam]] ([[weiter]] [[unten]] [[als]] wo) collo pectora subsunt te fixit ([[iaculum]]), Ov. [[met]]. 12, 420. – b) insbes., [[unten]] = in der [[Unterwelt]], [[non]] [[seges]] est [[infra]], [[non]] [[vinea]] [[culta]], [[sed]] [[audax]] [[Cerberus]] etc., Tibull. 1, 10, 35.<br />'''2)''' übtr.: a) der [[Größe]] [[nach]], [[darunter]], [[alter]] ([[crocodilus]]) [[illi]] [[similis]], [[multum]] [[infra]] magnitudine, Plin. 28, 108. – b) der [[Zeit]] [[nach]], [[später]], Ciceronis temporibus paulumque [[infra]], Quint. 1, 7, 20. – c) dem Grade [[nach]], Compar. [[inferius]], dem Tone [[nach]] tiefer, descendit ([[vox]]) [[pro]] utriusque [[rei]] [[modo]] altius [[vel]] [[inferius]], Quint. 11, 3, 65. – d) dem [[Maße]] [[nach]], weniger, [[nec]] [[supra]] modum laudabant, [[nec]] [[infra]] [[quam]] decebat, Amm. 15, 8, 6. – e) dem Range und [[Ansehen]] [[nach]], tiefer, [[nec]] [[fere]] [[umquam]] [[infra]] [[ita]] descenderent, ut ad infimos pervenirent, Liv. 1, 43, 11: liberos [[eius]] ut [[multum]] [[infra]] ([[tief]] [[unter]] [[sich]] [[stehend]]) despectare, Tac. ann. 2, 43.<br />'''II)''' Praepos. m. Acc., 1) eig., im Raume, [[unter]], [[unterhalb]], [[auch]] ([[bei]] Verben der [[Bewegung]]) [[hinunter]] zu, [[unten]] [[hin]] an, in [[lectica]] [[cubans]] ad [[mare]] [[infra]] [[oppidum]], Cic.: [[infra]] [[eum]] locum, [[ubi]] [[pons]] erat, Caes.: [[infra]] hanc (Saturni stellam) [[propius]] a [[terra]] [[Iovis]] [[stella]] movetur, Cic.: videndum est [[pus]] [[supra]] articulum, an [[infra]] (sc. articulum) nascatur, Cels.: demitti [[infra]] [[pectus]] manum, Quint.: [[infra]] [[caelum]] et sidera [[nox]] cadit, Tac. – v. Platze [[bei]] Tische, accubuerat [[supra]] me [[Atticus]], [[infra]] (sc. me) [[Verrius]], Cic.: [[illa]] ([[Placentia]]) [[infra]] [[eum]] accubans, Liv.: ii, [[qui]] [[infra]] ipsum cubabant, Curt. – delata [[confestim]] [[materia]] [[omnis]] [[infra]] Veliam, Liv.: [[infra]] mortuos amandari od. [[infra]] omnes mortuos amandari, Cic.<br />'''2)''' übtr.: a) der [[Größe]] [[nach]], [[unter]], hi sunt magnitudine [[paulo]] [[infra]] elephantos, Caes.: reliquae (quinqueremes) [[infra]] hanc magnitudinem, Auct. b. Alex. – b) der [[Zahl]] [[nach]], weniger [[als]], [[latitudo]] (ipsius paeninsulae) [[nusquam]] [[infra]] [[duo]] iugera, Plin. 6, 18. – c) der [[Zeit]] [[nach]], [[später]] [[als]], [[Homerus]] [[non]] [[infra]] superiorem Lycurgum fuit, Cic. [[Brut]]. 40. – d) dem Range, Werte u. [[Ansehen]] [[nach]], [[unter]], geringer [[als]], tiefer [[als]], est [[tibi]] [[non]] [[infra]] speciem, Prop.: [[Parmenio]] [[haud]] [[multum]] [[infra]] magnitudinis tuae [[fastigium]] [[positus]], der [[nur]] [[wenig]] [[unter]] dem Range deiner [[Hoheit]] steht, Curt.: me [[infra]] aetatem filii [[sui]] posuit, Liv. – tace tu, quem [[ego]] [[esse]] [[infra]] infumos omnes [[puto]] homines, Ter. Eun. 489: in poëtis [[non]] Homero [[soli]] [[locus]] est [[aut]] Archilocho, [[sed]] horum [[vel]] secundis [[vel]] [[etiam]] [[infra]] secundos, Cic.: [[neque]] Neroni [[infra]] [[servos]] [[ingenium]], Tac.: [[infra]] [[servos]] [[cliens]], Vell.: artes [[infra]] se positae, Hor.: [[res]] humanas [[infra]] se positas putare, Cic.: ut [[omnia]], [[quae]] homini accĭdunt, [[infra]] se [[esse]] iudicet, Cic.: [[nihil]] [[infra]] se putabat, [[nisi]] [[quod]] [[infra]] consulem esset, Plin. pan.: e [[quo]] [[infra]] se et Caesarem videret et rem publicam, Vell.

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