English → Latin
“entrails” in Latin
vīscusorgan (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 liverintestīnuscivic, domestic, internal; individual, personal, private; internal, inwardīlethe part of the abdomen extending from the lowest ribs to the pubes; the groin, flank; intestines, guts, entrails; the b
The English word entrails itself goes back to Latin inter, through intrālia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entrails
viscera (all the parts of the body beneath the skin, except the bones; i. e., lungs, liver, heart, stomach, guts): exta (the better portions of the entrails; e.g., the heart, lungs, etc., which were inspected by the soothsayers after a sacrifice): intestina (entrails, guts): ilia, for “entrails,” is poetical (ilia inter coxas pubemque immo ventre posita sunt, Cels.). The entrails of the earth, terrae viscera.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entrails?
- The usual Latin words for “entrails” are vīscus, exta, intestīnus; also īle. 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.