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“bowels” in Latin
intestīnuscivic, domestic, internal; individual, personal, private; internal, inwardvīscusorgan (any internal organ of the body); entrails, viscera, bowels, internal organs; the innermost part of something, as extathe bowels or entrails of animals, especially the heart, lungs, and liverinteriorinner, interior; nearer; more secret, unknownintimusinnermost, inmost (closest to the inside); deepest; the inmost, central or deepest part ofmisericordiapity, compassion, mercy, lovingkindness, tenderness, heartedness; wretchedness, misery; pathosmōnsmountain, mount; hill; towering mass, heap, great quantity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bowels
intestines, intestina (general term): viscera: exta (internal parts which are considered less vile: heart, etc.). Bowels of compassion, misericordia.
FIG., inner parts, viscera, interiora, intima: of the earth, of a mountain, viscera terrae, montis. The evil is seated in the bowels of the state, inhaeret malum in visceribus reipublicae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bowels?
- The usual Latin words for “bowels” are intestīnus, vīscus, exta; also interior, intimus, misericordia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.