inferiae Latin · revision 32815

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *n̥dʰero-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈfɛ.ri.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɱˈfɛː.ri.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnferiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive īnferiārum); first declension^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[m|la|īnferius|t=lower]], influenced by association with [[inferi|alt=īnferī]], the dead.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short connect it with ⟨īnferī⟩ directly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|īnferus|t=lower]] to [[itc-pro|*enþero-|t=lower]] and [[ine-pro|*n̥dʰero-|t=lower]], comparing [[sa|अधर|tr=ádhara-|t=lower]] and [[goh|untar|t=under]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the offerings of wine, honey, flowers and the like made to a dead person's spirit or to the dead.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of bringing such offerings to someone, and in Virgil a speaker asks that offerings be brought for him though absent.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also the rites for the dead: Catullus comes to his brother's sad funeral rites.^(OLD 2012) An old inscription seems to use it of a tomb, addressing the traveller who looks at the deceased's portrait.^(OLD 2012) Glosses explain it as the sacrifices offered to the dead.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of his brother's funeral rites.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of offerings to the dead.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of offerings for one absent.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Offerings to the dead, [[m|en|sacrifice|alt=sacrifices]] in honour of the dead.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|funeral|alt=Funeral]] rites.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Apparently, a [[m|en|tomb]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inferiālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inferi|alt=īnferī]]

+ * [[inferus|alt=īnferus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}