below Copy link Outline A. Prep.I. Of place; lower down than1. infrā (with acc.)2. subter (with acc. or less freq. abl.)II. Of rank or dignityB. Adv.I. Of place1. infrā2. dĕorsum (nearly always of motion)3. subtĕrII. On the earth (as opp. to heaven)III. In or to the regions of the dead • below: A. Prep.: I. Of place; lower down than: 1. infrā (with acc.): the sea is b. the town, mare inf. oppidum est, Cic.: the sea which washes it b., mare quod alluit inf.. Virg. (= mare inferum). 2. subter (with acc. or less freq. abl.): v. beneath, under. II. Of rank or dignity: infrā: to consider everything to be b. oneself, omnia inf. se esse judicare, Cic.: a client is b. slaves, inf. servos est cliens, Vell.: v. UNDERNEATH. B. Adv.: I. Of place: 1. infrā: I have written b., infra scripsi, Cic.: a copy of it (the letter) is given b., quarum exemplum inf. scriptum, Sall. 2. dĕorsum (nearly always of motion): v. downwards, LOWER DOWN. 3. subtĕr: all these things above and b., omnia haec quae supra et subter, Cic.: Lucr. II. On the earth (as opp. to heaven): in terris: v. earth: (Cic.'s "infra sc. lunam nihil est nisi mortale," etc., has reference solely to the dream of Scipio: Rep. 6, 17). III. In or to the regions of the dead: infrā: there are no corn-fields b., non seges est infra, Tib. Phr.: the shade of me will go b., mei sub terras ibit imago, Virg.: the laws of the gods are in force b., sub terris sunt jura deum, Prop.: three-headed Cerberus b., triceps apud inferos Cerberus, Cic.