Infero, pe. cor. infers, intuli, pe. cor. illâtum, pe. pro. inferre. Pli. To bring, cary. or beare in: to throm in: to adde to: to cast in: to conclude.Sunt qui spicas madesactas oleo faucibus inferant. Collum. Which put into his mouth.Illa tus in actem lecticula. Liuius. Caried into the field in his litter.In ærarium inferre. Paul. To bring into.Inferre in ignem. Cæs. To tast into the fire.Meretrix miserum sua blanditia intulit in pauperiem.Plaut.The harlot with hit slattering fashion brought % wretched man to extreaine pouertie.Inferre se in templum, vel in vrbem.Cic.To go hastily, or to fling into the church. Inferre se.Liu.To rush in violently.Per medios infert se. Virgil. He rusheth through the middes of them.Inferre se.Plaut.To go setting solemuely. Viden'tu, vt sese inferat? Plaut.How he commeth tetting like a Lorde.Equus se infere campo.Virg.Inferre & intrudere se.Cic.To come in and intrude himselfe whether men wil or no. Inferre, de mortuis dicitur.Cic.To interre: to burie. Ne alienum sepulchris inferat. Cic. Inferre. Paulus. To pay. Inferre abortum. Plin. To case trauaile before time.Actionem inferre cum aliquo.Plaut.To sue one in the lawe: to have an action against him.Inferre arma.Liu.To make marre vpon.Bellum inferre. Idem. Cic.Bellum contra patriam.Cic.Cæcitatem. Plin. To make blind.Calamitatem ciuitati. Cæsar. To be cause of misthiese and destruction of a citie.Cariratem annonæ. Plin. To bring or cause dearth of victuall.Causam. Cæs. To lay an excuse: to she we a cause why.Causam alicm. Hirt. To giue sccasion. vt, Propter pecuniæ magnitudinem aliqua el inferebatur causa, vt, & c. Hirt. Certamen alicui, vt aliqued fiat.Liu.To contende with one that a thing may be done.Cladem.Liu.To discomsite and to slea: to giue an ouerthrow.Classes Oceano. Lucan. Crimun alicui.Cic.To lay to ones charge the doing of a thing.Crimina inferre & Dilnere, contraria. Author ad Heren. To charge with offences.Detrimentum. Cæs. To put to hurt or losse: to bring harme to.Dolorem. Plin. To cause paine or smart.Faces tectis.Cic.To fyle, or set on fire.Famem ciuibus.Cic.To bring, r be cause of a famine among % citizens.Fraudem.Liu.To deceiue craftily: to worke craft.Gradum.Liu.To march toward.Hostem se alicui.Virg.To goe against as an enimie.Ignominiam.Liu.To worke reproch and shame to one.In pericolum capitis se inferre.Cic.To put himselfe in daunget of his life.Iniutiã socijs. Cæ. To doe displeasure or injurie to his selo wesLitem capitis in aliquem. Ci. To sue or appeach one of a matter concerning life and death.In clarissimum solem lumen inferre. Quin. To giue light to the bright sunne with a candel.Mala. Plin. To hurt: to doe mischiefe to.Manus alicui.Cicer.To lay violent handes on one: to beate him.Memoriam sempiternam in domum suam inferre Cicero.To procute perpetual renowme to his house and kinred.Mentionem.Liu.To make mention: to speeke of.Metum.Liu.To put in feare: to make astaide.Mœstitiam.Cic.To make heauie and sad.Moram. Cæs. To make delay: to linger.Morsus alicui.Ouid.To bite one.Mortem. Plin. To kill, or slea.Necem. Plin. To kill.Oculos in curiam inferre, Cic.To cast his cies or looke towarde the Senate.Odium. Tac. To raise hatred.Pedem.Cic.To enter: to goe in.Inferunt pedem, vrgentqúe, & impulsos semel terrore eodem agÛt quò cœperunt. Li. They enter and presse violentlye vpon them.Pedem in ædes inferre, Plant.To enter into.Periculum.Cic.To bring daunger.Inferre periculum capitis.Cic.To put in daunger of his life.Prælium in castra.Liu.To assaile in the campe.Probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam. bonis. Cic.Rationibus inferre. Col. To bring in their accountes.Rationes salsas.Cic.To alleage false reasons.In re seuera conuiuio dignum aur delicatum inferre sermonem.Cic.In an earnest matter to begin light talke and suche as is meete for men beingmery at the table.Sermonem de re aliqua.Cic.To begin to speake of.Signa. Cæsar. Proximos colles capere vniuersos, at que cò inferri signa iuber. And to marche with the enlignes towarde that part.Signa patriæ.Cic.To come with banner nisplaide againste hys natural countrey.Spem. Cæ. To put in hope.Stuprum reginæ inferre. pro Stuprare. Cic.To rauish.Stuprum puluinaribus Bonæ deæ.Cic.To commit billanie in the sacrifices of.Stuprum in domum aliquam, pro Vxorem alicuius stuprare. C. To commit adultery with ones wife.Sumptum ciuibus.Cic.To put his countrie men to costes and charges.Supplicia vrbibus hostium. Ci. To puni sh anddestroy.Suspicionem. Cæs. To cause to suspect.Terrorem.Cic.To seare greatly: to put in great feare.Tributum studio alterius. Colum. To giue one exhibition to the maintenance of his studie. Col. lib, I. cap. I.Verecundiam alicui.Liu.To make bashful.Vestigia aliquo. Lucr. To enter or goe into.Vim & manus alicui.Cic.To lay violent handes on one, aud beate him or kill him.Vuloera alicui. Cæs. To wounde.Illâtus. pe. pro. Particip Liu.Inferred: caried or brought in.
Inferus, ínfera, ínferum, pe. cor. Ab infra dictÛ est. Lowe: beneath.Inferum limen.Plaut.The threshal.Omma supera, infera.Cic.All things high or low.Mare inferum.Cic.The Tuschane sea.
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in-fĕro, intŭli, illātum, inferre, v. a., to carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.I.Lit.(a). With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: coronam in curiam, Liv. 44, 14, 3: Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus, id. 24, 42, 5: in portum quinqueremes, id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13: arma in Italiam, Nep. Ham. 4, 2: bello in provinciam illato, Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.—(b). With dat.: semina arvis, Tac. A. 11, 54: fontes urbi, id. ib. 11, 13; cf.: pedem aliquo, to go or proceed to a place, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39: spolia opima templo, id. 4, 20.—(g). With ad: scalas ad moenia,
to set against the walls
, Liv. 32, 24, 5.—(d).Absol.: inferri mensam secundam jussi,
to be served up
, Plin. 9, 35, 58, 120: gressus, Verg. G. 4, 360.—B.To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to: tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,
to set fire to
, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.: aliquid in ignem, Caes. B. G. 6, 18.—C. In partic. 1.To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter: ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64: reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit, Just. 11, 15.—2.To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax): tributum alicui, Col. 1, 1, 11: vicesimam, Plin. Pan. 39, 6: septingenta milia aerario inferenda, id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.— 3.To give in, enter (an account): sumptum civibus, Cic. Fl. 19, 45: rationes falsas, id. ib. 9, 20: rationibus,
to bring into account
, Col. 1, 7, 7: aliquid in rationes, Dig. 34, 3, 12.— 4. Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon: conversa signa in hostes inferre,
, Liv. 10, 33, 4; so, gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani, id. 35, 1, 9: bellum alicui,
to make war upon
,
to wage war against
, Cic. Pis. 34: bellum Italiae, id. Att. 9, 1, 3: bellum contra patriam, id. Phil. 2, 22, 53: arma,
to begin a war
,
commence hostilities
, Liv. 1, 30, 8.—5. Se, to betake one's self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15: lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat, Liv. 1, 21, 3: se foribus, Verg. A. 11, 36: se flammae, Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. b, supra: me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context), Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one's self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25: cum se in mediam contionem intulisset, Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.: viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!
how he struts! how proudly he walks!
Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54: ut magnifice infert sese, id. Ps. 4, 1, 7: atque etiam se ipse inferebat,
presented himself
,
came unbidden
, Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.— II.Trop.A. In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict: in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: mentionem,
to make mention
,
to mention
, Liv. 4, 1, 2: spem alicui, Caes. B. G. 2, 25: quam maximum terrorem hostibus, id. ib. 7, 8: alicui injuriam, id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.: injuriis in socios nostros inferendis, Cic. Sest. 27, 58: calamitatem, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: turpitudines, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: crimen proditionis alicui, id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, 106: periculum civibus, id. Sest. 1, 2: probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis, id. Cael. 18, 42: moram et impedimentum alicui rei, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: mortem alicui per scelus, id. Mil. 7, 17: pestilentiam agris, Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one's self, Vell. 2, 45: vim et manus alicui, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: vim alicui, Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37: vulnera hostibus,
to give wounds to
,
to wound
, Caes. B. C. 2, 6: delectari criminibus inferendis, Cic. Lael. 18, 65: litem capitis in aliquem, id. Clu. 41, 116: alicui crimen proditionis, id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4: prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit, Juv. 6, 299. —B. In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.
infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer: ubi super inferque vicinus permittet, Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus. I.Posit.A. In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.: Di Deaeque superi atque inferi, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf. also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse, Cic. Lael. 3, 12: limen superum inferumque salve, Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1: ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: loca,
the lower parts
, id. Arat. 474: fulmina,
that come out of the ground
, Plin. 2, 52, 53, 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare: navigatio infero,
upon the Tuscan Sea
, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.— B. In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. (gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead: triceps apud inferos Cerberus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,
were to rise from the dead
, Liv. 26, 32: si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,
, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32: ab inferis excitare aliquem, i. e.
to quote the words of one deceased
, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322. II.Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place. A.Lit.: spatium, Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3: locus, id. ib. 2, 25: pars, id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,
downwards
, Ov. M. 15, 241: scriptura, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.—Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. — B.Trop.1.Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession: erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,
lived later
,
were younger
, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.: aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc., id. Brut. 49, 182; and: inferioris aetatis esse, id. ib. 64, 228: inferiores quinque dies,
the latter
, Varr. L. L. 6, 13 Müll. —2.Inferior in quality, rank, or number. (a). With abl. specif.: voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: inferior fortunā, id. Fam. 13, 5, 2: dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6: inferiores animo, Caes. B. G. 3, 24: quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset, Cic. Brut. 8: erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus, Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.: ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes, Cic. Lael. 2.—(b). With in and abl.: in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit, Cic. Brut. 48, 179.— (g).Absol.: inferiores extollere, Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib.71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus, id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.: indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore, id. Quint. 31: supplices inferioresque, id. Font. 11: ordines, Caes. B. C. 1, 46: crudelis in inferiores, Auct. Her. 4, 40: non inferiora secutus,
naught inferior
, Verg. A. 6, 170.III.Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus. A. Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus; but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588). 1.Lit.: stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7: ab infimis radicibus montis, id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2: cum scripsissem haec infima, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6: ab infima ara,
from the lowest part of the altar
, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.: sub infimo colle,
the foot
, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase: ab infimo,
from below
,
at the bottom
, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo; v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti, id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so, ad infimum,
at the bottom
, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3: collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,
at the bottom
, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—2.Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank: infima faex populi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.: condicio servorum, id. Off. 1, 13: infimo loco natus, id. Fl. 11: summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat, id. Off. 2, 12: humilitas natalium, Plin. 18, 6, 7, 37: preces,
the most humble
, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.): quid summe est, quid infime, Aug. Ep. 18, 2. — B. Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588). 1.Lit.: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: terra ima sede semper haeret, id. Rep. 6, 18: fundo in imo,
at the very bottom
, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15: conviva,
that reclines at the bottom
, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74: ad imam quercum,
at the foot of the oak
, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3: in aure ima,
at the bottom of the ear
, Plin. 11, 45, 103, 205. — As substt.A.Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble: aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio, Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9: pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter, Ov. F. 5, 665. —B. īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, lowest part.Lit.: ab imo ad summum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 308: locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis, Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so, tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta, id. ib. 4, 17: suspirare ab imo,
to fetch a deep sigh
, Ov. A. A. 3, 675: (aures) instabiles imo facit,
at the bottom. at their roots
, id. M. 11, 177: aquae perspicuae imo,
down to the bottom
, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.: ima summis mutare,
to turn the lowest into the highest
, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2: ima,
the under world
, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.: ima maris,
the bottom of the sea
, Plin. 32, 6, 21, 64: ima montis,
the foot of a mountain
, id. 4, 11, 18, 40.— 2.Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.): mensis, Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end: nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus, Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30: si quid inexpertum scaenae committis ... servetur ad imum,
till the last
,
to the end
, Hor. A. P. 126: dormiet in lucem ... ad imum Threx erit,