Infra
Preposition
used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents
are used to mark the vowels' length.
Non figurative usage
1. Space: below
-
Oppidum infra Vesuvium montem erat.
The town
was below the mount of Vesuvius.
2. Time: later
than
-
Homerus non infra Lycurgum fuit.
Homer
lived not later than Lycurgus.
Figurative usage
Comparison: lower
than
-
Uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra
elephantos.
The wild
oxen are some lower than the elephants in magnitude.
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