inferiora

inferiora is a Latin form of inferus, meaning “below, lower; (inferi) the dead, the underworld; (infimus, imus) lowest”. It is the accusative plural neuter comparative adjective.

Found 38 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 1.28: … Quod autem imperium, qui magistratus, quod regnum potest esse praestantius quam despicientem omnia humana et inferiora sapientia ducentem nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare? cui persuasum sit appellari ceter …

Seneca the Younger, Naturales Quaestiones 2.10.3: Nam superiora eius calorem uicinorum siderum sentiunt. Inferiora quoque tepent; primum terrarum halitu, qui multum secum calidi affert ; deinde quia radii solis replicantur e …

All forms of inferus (declension table)

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.