Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

flores ima basi subimmersis

English translation:

at the very bottom

Added to glossary by moonshadow
May 14, 2007 16:44
17 yrs ago
Latin term

flores ima basi subimmersis

Latin to English Science Botany plant description
I'm translating an article from Latin, no problems so far, except with the "ima basi" in the above sentence. The flowers are nearly hidden by "ima" at the base -- I cannot find anywhere what "ima" means, no help from dictionaries, even though "ima basi" is quite commonly used. Help, anyone?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 at the very bottom
5 +2 ima = superlative of infer / infera = in the bottomest part
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X), Vicky Papaprodromou

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Proposed translations

+3
4 mins
Selected

at the very bottom

imus -a -um lowest, deepest
(basis is fem.)
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou
38 mins
thanks V
agree BrigitteHilgner : It all sounds rather poetic.
2 hrs
yes but it doesn't scan - thanks!
agree Joseph Brazauskas
20 hrs
thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, of course you're right, and I'm blushing with embarrassment -- I have no idea why I blanked out on this one. Too many late nights, I guess."
+2
5 mins
Latin term (edited): ima basi

ima = superlative of infer / infera = in the bottomest part

HIH
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou : Kalispera, Leonardo. Everything ok?//Indeed. Summer has already been here during the last 3 days with temperatures around 30 degrees C.
38 mins
Kalimera, Vicky! Everything fine and summer not too far, eventually!! :-)
agree Joseph Brazauskas
20 hrs
Grazie, Alcaeus
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