inferior (lower; in rank, number, etc.); in anything, aliqua re (e.g., in rank, influence, reputation, ordine, auctoritate, existimatione): a fleet inferior in numbers, pauciora navigia (Bell. Afr.): inferior in number of ships, inferior navium numero: inferior forces, pauciores (opposed to plures; Sall., Jug., 49, 2): with inferior forces, inferiore militum numero. He was not inferior to his master, non inferior quam magister fuit: inferior to none, haud ulli secundus (†; e.g., virtute, Verg.). Our inferiors, inferiores: *ii, qui inferiores sunt (opposed to superiores; qui superiores sunt): men envy their equals or inferiors, invident homines paribus aut inferioribus; cruel to his inferiors, crudelis in inferiores (Auct. Her., 4, 40).