What does īnferior mean in Latin?

īnferior, a adjective, means “subsequent, later, latter in time or succession; inferior or lower in quality, rank, or number”.

How do you pronounce īnferior?

In classical Latin, [ĩːˈfɛ.ri.ɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈfɛː.ri.or].

comparativesubsequent, later, latter in time or succession
comparativeinferior or lower in quality, rank, or number
et quotiēns steterīs domitō sublīmis in orbe,And whenever you will stand exalted for having conquered the world, may everything be lower than your shoulders! (The poet foretells the eventual dominion of the Roman Empire now that Romulus has founded the city of Rome.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.861–862

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnferior	īnferior	īnferius
genitive	īnferiōris	īnferiōris	īnferiōris
dative	īnferiōrī	īnferiōrī	īnferiōrī
accusative	īnferiōrem	īnferiōrem	īnferius
ablative	īnferiōre īnferiōrī	īnferiōre īnferiōrī	īnferiōre īnferiōrī
vocative	īnferior	īnferior	īnferius

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnferiōrēs	īnferiōrēs	īnferiōra
genitive	īnferiōrum	īnferiōrum	īnferiōrum
dative	īnferiōribus	īnferiōribus	īnferiōribus
accusative	īnferiōrēs īnferiōrīs	īnferiōrēs īnferiōrīs	īnferiōra
ablative	īnferiōribus	īnferiōribus	īnferiōribus
vocative	īnferiōrēs	īnferiōrēs	īnferiōra

scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores: later writers.
proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere: to be defeated in fight, lose the battle.
causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30): to gain a weak case by clever pleading.

infĕrĭor, v. inferus, II.

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