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inferias

inferias is a Latin form of inferius, meaning “that is offered; sacrificed”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

Found 46 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.42: … traditur Nilo natus Aegyptius, quem aiunt Phrygias litteras conscripsisse. tertius est ex Idaeis Digitis, cui inferias adferunt †cui. quartus Iovis est et Asteriae Latonae sororis, qui Tyri maxime colitur, cuius Carthaginem fili …

Ovid, Heroides 12.160: Inferias umbrae fratris habete mei;

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.