English → Latin
“below” in Latin
subunder, beneath; behind; at the feet ofsubterdown below, underneathīnferuslow; the souls of the dead; the netherworld, the underworld, Hellintrāwithin; inside; during; less thanparvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportantEutrăpĕlusa surname given to P. Volumniusīnfrābelowdīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tell
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
below prep.
sub, subter, infra. Below the moon all is mortal, infra lunam nihil est nisi mortale. He reclined below Eutrapelus, infra Eutrapelum accubuit.
In rank or merit, infra. To be below one, infra aliquem esse, inferiorem esse aliquo, alicui cedere: in a thing, aliqua re ab aliquo vinci. It is below one’s dignity, est infra alicujus dignitatem: the majesty of a prince, inferius majestate principis est.
Less in quantity and value, intra; minor (with ablative).
below adv.
infra; subter. Respecting this, see below (in a book), de hac re videatur infra. Further below (lower down), inferius; inferior. To be situated on the river further below, ad inferiorem fluminis partem situm esse. They cross over below, infra or inferiore parte trajiciunt. From below, ab inferiore parte; ab immo; ex inferiori loco (e.g., dicere).
In the Lower World, apud inferos: the world below, inferi, loca iuferna.
Here below, his in terris; hac in vita.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for below?
- The usual Latin words for “below” are sub, subter, īnferus; also intrā, parvus, Eutrăpĕlus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.