LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

interāneum

interāneum n (genitive interāneī)
Classical[ɪn.tɛˈraː.ne.ũː]Ecclesiastical[in.teˈraː.ne.um]

Meaning

  1. a gut; intestine
  2. in pluralentrails

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Caro · Pulpa · Viscera · Exta · Intestina · Ilia

1. Caro means flesh in its general sense, as a material substance, in opp. to fat, nerves, muscles, and so forth; pulpa, especially, eatable and savory flesh, in opp. to bones; viscera, all flesh, and every fleshy substance between the skin and the bones. 2. Viscera, in a narrower sense, means generally, the inner parts of the body; whereas exta means the inner parts of the upper part of the body, as the heart, lungs, and so forth; intestina, interanea, and ilia, the inner parts of the lower part of the body, namely, the entrails; and indeed intestina, and, in the age after Augustus, interanea, meant the guts as digestive organs; ilia, all that is contained in the lower part of the body, and particularly those parts that are serviceable. (v. 145.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinterāneuminterānea
genitiveinterāneīinterāneōrum
dativeinterāneōinterāneīs
accusativeinterāneuminterānea
ablativeinterāneōinterāneīs
vocativeinterāneuminterānea

intĕrānĕum, i, v. interaneus, II.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininterāneum

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin interāneus Latin interaneum Neuter of interāneus (“interior”), from *interus.

Quick answers

What does interāneum mean in Latin?
interāneum, a noun, means “a gut; intestine; entrails”.
What is the genitive of interāneum?
The genitive singular is interāneī. interāneum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce interāneum?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛˈraː.ne.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.teˈraː.ne.um].
Where does interāneum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin interāneum.