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infernus

Latin term · 3 occurrences · 2 works

Short definition (Lewis & Short): lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

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3 occurrences of this form in 2 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

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Example passages

…et cum dicto reserat pyxidem: nec quicquam ibi rerum nec formositas ulla, sed infernus somnus ac vere Stygius, qui statim coperculo revelatus invadit eam crassaque soporis nebula cunctis eius membris perfunditur et in ipso vestigio ipsaque semita coli lapsam possidet; et iacebat……

Apuleius — The Golden Ass · Read in context

……debet magis quam solet. Multa enim de illa credidimus. Multorum ingeniis certatum est ad augendam eius infamiam. Descriptus est carcer infernus et perpetua nocte oppressa regio, in qua Ingens ianitor Orci Ossa super recubans antro semesa cruento, Aeternum latrans exsangues terreat umbras. Etiam cum persuaseris istas fabulas esse nec……

Seneca — Letters to Lucilius · Read in context

Subjects

Death & the afterlife

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