inferiae

From Latin inferiae, from inferus (“underneath”).

inferiae pl (plural only)

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.

From īnferius.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈfe.ri.ae̯/, [ĩːˈfɛriäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfe.ri.e/, [iɱˈfɛːrie]

īnferiae f pl (genitive īnferiārum); first declension

1. sacrifice in honour of the dead; the funeral rites

   Synonym: fūnus

First-declension noun, plural only.

• Portuguese: inférias

• “inferiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inferiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inferiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “inferiae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “inferiae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin