infernus

Latin

Etymology

Formed analogically (superus : supernus = īnferus : X).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfernus (feminine īnferna, neuter īnfernum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of the lower regions
  2. infernal, hellish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnfernus īnferna īnfernum īnfernī īnfernae īnferna
Genitive īnfernī īnfernae īnfernī īnfernōrum īnfernārum īnfernōrum
Dative īnfernō īnfernō īnfernīs
Accusative īnfernum īnfernam īnfernum īnfernōs īnfernās īnferna
Ablative īnfernō īnfernā īnfernō īnfernīs
Vocative īnferne īnferna īnfernum īnfernī īnfernae īnferna

Descendants

Noun
  • A clipping of the phrase īnfernus locus ("the nether place")

īnfernus m (genitive īnfernī); second declension

  1. the underworld, the netherworld
  2. the hell
    Synonyms: gehenna, īnferna

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnfernus īnfernī
Genitive īnfernī īnfernōrum
Dative īnfernō īnfernīs
Accusative īnfernum īnfernōs
Ablative īnfernō īnfernīs
Vocative īnferne īnfernī

References
  • “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • infernus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “īnfernus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 698
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