īmus
Meaning
- superlativelowest, deepest, innermost, nethermost
Sed mihi vel tellūs optem prius īma dehīscat, [...].
“But first I would pray, either that deepest earth gape open for me, ….” (That is, the Underworld, or land of the dead.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.24 - superlativethe lowest part of, the bottom of, the depths of
īma quercus
the foot of an oakin īmā aure
at the deepest/bottom of the ear
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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Imus · Infimus
Imum (superl. from in) denotes the lowest part of a whole; infimum (superl. from inferus) either the lowest part of all the parts, that is, the basis, or the lowest in a discrete magnitude, that is, a magnitude consisting of distinct parts. The imum is the lowest extremity of a part; then the infimum, the lowest part, with reference to the other parts. Cic. Rosc. Com. 7. Ab imis unguibus usque ad summum verticem: compare with Divin. i. 33. Ut ab infima ara subito anguis emergeret; and with N. D. ii. 20. Luna infima est quinque errantium. Further, imus denotes the lowest in a purely local relation; infimus, with the accessory notion of the lowest rank. (iv. 377.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īmus | īma | īmum |
| genitive | īmī | īmae | īmī |
| dative | īmō | īmae | īmō |
| accusative | īmum | īmam | īmum |
| ablative | īmō | īmā | īmō |
| vocative | īme | īma | īmum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īmī | īmae | īma |
| genitive | īmōrum | īmārum | īmōrum |
| dative | īmīs | īmīs | īmīs |
| accusative | īmōs | īmās | īma |
| ablative | īmīs | īmīs | īmīs |
| vocative | īmī | īmae | īma |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From earlier *emmo- < *enðmo- < *enðemo-, from Proto-Italic *enðemos, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰ-m̥mó-s, from *(H)n̥dʰér. Superlative form of īnferus. See also īnfimus.
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