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“gut” in Latin
intestīnuscivic, domestic, internal; individual, personal, private; internal, inwardexenterōto disembowel; to torture, torment; to empty, gut, remove everything from inside somethingexināniōto empty (the contents of); to drain or pour out; to strip; to despoillepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare; the constellation Lepusdomushouse, home (the building where a person lives); any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals); the place of one's urbsa city, walled town; the City, Romefānumshrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity; as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saint
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gut s.
intestinum (general term): intestinum rectum (the colon): *intestinum ilium (the ilium): intestinum jejunum (the jejunum).
figuratively = stomach (as term of contempt). Vid: BELLY.
gut v.
exenterare (e.g., a hare, leporem: ☞ not eviscerare in this sense).
To empty (a house of its contents), exinanire (to empty; e.g., domos, Cic.): everrere et extergere (to sweep it clean of its contents; e.g., domum, urbem, fanum, Cic.). to gut a house, domum exinanire; domum eversam atque extersam relinquere (Cic., Verr., 2, 21, fin.); *domum ita exinanire, ut parietes modo stent et maneant (☞ Cic., Off., 2, 29).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gut?
- The usual Latin words for “gut” are intestīnus, exenterō, exināniō; also lepus, domus, urbs. 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.