English → Latin
“internal” in Latin
domesticusOf the house; domestic; familiar; nativeinteriorinner, interior; nearer; more secret, unknownintestīnuscivic, domestic, internal; individual, personal, private; internal, inwardforumpublic place, marketplace, forumperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, m
The English word internal itself goes back to Latin internus, through internālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
internal
interior (opposed to exterior) intestinus (going on in the interior of a country; opposed to externus: ☞ internus, post- Augustan, Tac.): domesticus (happening at home, in its narrower or wider sense; opposed to abroad, foris). (The words are found in this connection and order.) intestinus ac domesticus: intus inclusus (enclosed within our walls; e.g., periculum, of danger from our fellow-citizens). Peace abroad is immediately followed by internal discords, paci externae continuatur discordia domi. [Vid: CIVIL (war, etc.).] An internal malady, malum, quod haeret in visceribus (PROP., of the body; or figuratively, of the body politic). Internal evils (in a state), mala intestina, or intestina ac domestica: internal enemies, hostes qui intus sunt (after Cic.): the internal parts of the body, ea quae sunt intus in corpore: internal tranquillity, animi tranquillitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for internal?
- The usual Latin words for “internal” are domesticus, interior, intestīnus; also forum, perīculum, malus. 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.