bottom (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The lowest part1. fundus2. sŏlum (only where the bottom is formed by the ground)3. īmus (adj. usu. agr. with word corresp. to the Eng. word dependent on "bottom"4. infĭmus (used like imus)II. Low groundIII. A shipIV. Foundation; causeV. Dregs • bottom (subs.): I. The lowest part: 1. fundus: the b. of a chest, armarii f., Cic.: Nereus stirs up the sea from the b., Nereus ciet aequora fundo, Virg. 2. sŏlum (only where the bottom is formed by the ground): the b. of a trench, fossae s., Caes.: the b. of a pond, s. stagni, Ov. 3. īmus (adj. usu. agr. with word corresp. to the Eng. word dependent on "bottom": see L. G. 342): at the b. of an oak, ad imam quercum, Phaedr.: at the b. of the ear, in aure ima, Plin.: a hill gradually rising from the b., locus editus paulatim ab imo acclivis, Caes.: from the b. to the top, ab imo ad summum, Hor.: the b. of the sea, ima (pl.) maris Plin. 4. infĭmus (used like imus): from the b. of an altar, ab infima ara, Cic.: at the b. of a hill, sub inf. colle, Caes.: a hill gently rising from the b., collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, Caes. Phr.: the net went to the b., abiit rete pessum, Pl.: many cities have sunk to the b. of the sea, multae per mare pessum subsedere urbes, Lucr.: in certain channels the sea is so deep that no anchors can find b., mare certis canalibus ita profundum ut nullae ancorae sidant, Plin.: to send to the b.: v. to sink: to understand a thing to the b., rem penitus intelligere, Cic.: v. thoroughly, completely. II. Low ground: vallis: v. valley. III. A ship: q. v. IV. Foundation; cause: q. v. Phr.: he was at the b. of that plan, ejus consilii auctor fuit, Caes.: who will not believe that you have been at the b. of this? hoc quis non credat ab te esse ortum? Ter. V. Dregs: q. v.: faex, cis.
bottom (v.) Copy link Outline I. To found or rest uponII. To furnish with a bottomIII. To examine to the bottom, i. e. thoroughly • bottom (v.): I. To found or rest upon: q. v. II. To furnish with a bottom: Phr.: to b. a chest: *armarium fundo instruere. III. To examine to the bottom, i. e. thoroughly: rem penitus perspicere, cognoscere: v. to study.
BOTTOM Copy link • BOTTOM 1. fundus (of a cask, the sea, etc.), solum. Valley. plain, vallis, convallis, planities. Ground-work, fundamentum, fundamenta. The bottom of the sea, mare imum, fundus or ima (neuter plur.) maris. The anchor finds bottom, ancora subsistit, sidit. To drain a wine-jar to the bottom, cadum faece tenus potare. The bottom of the ditch, solum fossae. To settle to the bottom, residere, subsidere. To go to the bottom (sink), mergi, sidere, pessum ire. To send to the bottom, pessum dare, mergere, demergere. The bottom of a ship, atveus or carina (navis). To search a thing to the bottom, accuratius, subtilius investigare aliquid; aliquid investigare et perscrutari; aliquid pertractare. To come to the bottom of a matter, aliquid perspicere. I see the bottom of him, eum penitus perspicio. I do not see upon what bottom it rests, rationem quam habeat, non satis perspicio. He is at the bottom of this, ortum est hoc ab eo. To overturn, destroy from the bottom, funditus evertere; a fundamentis disjicere; funditus tollere. To place at the bottom, in immo ponere. From top to bottom, ab summo ad imum. Sharpened at the bottom, ab immo praeacutus. He groans from the bottom of his heart, gemitum dat pectore ab immo. I am distressed even at the bottom of my heart, angor intimis sensibus. At the bottom of a mountain, sub radicibus montis, in imis radicibus montis. Ship, navis, navigium. FIG., you are embarked on the same bottom, in eadem es navi. Clew, glomus. To wind yarn into bottoms, lanam glomerare in orbes. 2. v. To be bottomed upon a thing, niti aliqua re or in aliqua re; teneri, contineri aliqua re; cerni, positum esse in aliqua re.