infimo

See also: ínfimo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfimus, superlative form of īnferus (“low, deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈin.fi.mo/
  • Rhymes: -infimo
  • Hyphenation: ìn‧fi‧mo

Adjective

infimo (feminine infima, masculine plural infimi, feminine plural infime)

  1. lowest, very bad, inferior, worst
    Synonyms: inferiore, pessimo, ultimo, basso

Derived terms

Further reading
  • infimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

īnfimō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfimus

References
  • “infimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infimo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • infimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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