adjectivethird declension
interior
interior (comparative, neuter interius, no positive form, superlative intimus or intumus, adverb interius)
Classical[ɪnˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[inˈtɛː.ri.or]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- comparativeinner, interior
- comparativenearer
- comparativemore secret, unknown
nam dis feminis feminas, mares maribus hostias immolare abstrusa et interior ratio est
for in sacrificing female victims to female gods and male victims to male gods, the reason is hidden and unknown4th century–c. 330 CE, Arnobius, Adverus Nationes 7.19.1–2
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī intrā est; pars interior domūs.interior -ius — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | interior | interior | interius |
| genitive | interiōris | interiōris | interiōris |
| dative | interiōrī | interiōrī | interiōrī |
| accusative | interiōrem | interiōrem | interius |
| ablative | interiōre interiōrī | interiōre interiōrī | interiōre interiōrī |
| vocative | interior | interior | interius |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | interiōrēs | interiōrēs | interiōra |
| genitive | interiōrum | interiōrum | interiōrum |
| dative | interiōribus | interiōribus | interiōribus |
| accusative | interiōrēs interiōrīs | interiōrēs interiōrīs | interiōra |
| ablative | interiōribus | interiōribus | interiōribus |
| vocative | interiōrēs | interiōrēs | interiōra |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- interior Asia; interiora Asiae
- the interior of Asia.
- homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi
- my most intimate acquaintance.
- litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae
- profound scientific education.
intĕrĭor, ĭus,
I. gen. ōris [comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).
I. A.. In gen.:
in interiore aedium parte, Cic. Sest. 10: spatium, Ov. M. 7, 670: secessit in partem interiorem, Liv. 40, 8: in interiore parte ut maneam solus cum sola, i.e. within, in the women's apartment, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 31: interior domus, the inner part of the house, Verg. A. 1, 637; cf. epistola, the body of the letter, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5: erit aliquid interius (mente), Cic. N. D. 1, 11: motu cietur interiore et suo (opp. quod pulsu agitatur externo), id. Tusc. 1, 23, 54: nationes, i. e. living farther in the interior, farther inland, id. de Imp. Pomp. 22: homo, i. e. the life and soul, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 66.—Hence, substt. 1. intĕrĭōres, um, m., they who live farther inland:
Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere, Tac. A. 2, 24.— 2. intĕrĭōra, the inner parts or places:
aedium, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3: regni, Liv. 42, 39, 1: navis, Vulg. Jon. 1, 5: deserti, id. Exod. 3, 1.—(b). Esp. of the body, intestines, bowels:
interiorum morbi, Cels. 1 praef. § 68; Veg. 1, 39, 2.—(g). Trop., the feelings, character:
interiora ejus plena sunt dolo, Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.—B. Esp., in the race-course, nearer the goal, on the left; for they drove from right to left:
nunc stringam metas interiore rotā, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 12: meta, id. A. A. 2, 426: gyrus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 26; cf. Verg. A. 11, 695: et medius . . . ibat, et interior, si comes unus erat, Ov. F. 5, 68. —II. In partic.
A. Nearer:
toto corpore interior periculo vulneris factus, i. e. as he was too near him to be in danger of a wound from him, Liv. 7, 10: ictibus, within the line of fire, id. 24, 34: timor, Cic. de Or. 2, 51: torus, the side nearest the wall, Ov. Am. 3, 14, 32: nota Falerni, from the inmost part of the cellar, i. e. the oldest, Hor. C. 2, 3, 8: sponda regiae lecticae, Suet. Caes. 49.—B. More hidden, secret, or unknown:
sed haec quoque in promptu fuerint: nunc interiora videamus, Cic. Div. 2, 60: interiores et reconditae litterae, id. N. D. 3, 16, 42: consilia, Nep. Hann. 2: haec interiora, the personal worth, opp. illa externa, public deeds, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4.—C. Deeper, more intimate, nearer:
vicini, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7: societas, id. Off. 3, 17: amicitia interior, Liv. 42, 17: potentia, greater, Tac. H. 1, 2: cura, Sil. 16, 339; cf. litterae, more profound, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 9; 7, 33, 2. — Neutr. plur., with gen.: in interiora regni se recepit, Liv. 42, 39. — Hence, intĕrĭ-us, adv., in the inner part, on the inside, within, = intra (freq. only since the Aug. per.): ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, ne insistat interius, ne excurrat longius, i. e. be too short or brief, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190; cf. Sen. Tranq. 9: in eo sinu duo maria: Ionium in prima parte, interius Hadriaticum, Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 150; cf. Mela, 1, 6, 2; 1, 19, 1; 2, 1, 12: rapiat sitiens Venerem interiusque recondat, Verg. G. 3, 137; so Ov. M. 6, 306.—B. Esp. farther inland, farther from the sea:
penetrare, Vell. 2, 120, 2: habitare, Mel. 2, 1, 12: esse, id. 1, 19, 1; Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 150.—C. Trop. of mental operations, more inwardly or deeply:
ne insistat interius (oratio), Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190: attendere, Juv. 11, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
interior ius, gen. ōris
inter, inner, interior, middle: aedium pars: spatium, O.: In interiore parte ut maneam, i. e. in the women's apartment, T.: domus, inner part, V.: epistula, body: motu cietur interiore et suo: nationes, farther inland.— Plur. n. as subst, the inner parts, middle: aedium: regni, L.—Plur m. as subst: plerique, of those farther from the sea, Cs.: interiores fossas explent, the garrison, Cs.—In the race-course, nearer the goal, on the left: rota, O.: gyrus, H.: Ille . . . Radit iter laevum interior (to shorten the course), V.—Nearer: toto corpore interior periculo volneris factus, i. e. too near to be wounded, L.: ictibus, within reach of, L.—Inner: nota Falerni, i. e. longest in the cellar, H.—Fig., deeper, more piercing: timor.—More hidden, more recondite, more profound: nunc interiora videamus: consilia, N.: haec interiora, more personal (opp. illa externa).— Deeper, more intimate, closer: vicini: amicitia, L.: litterae, more confidential.
Origins
From earlier *interus (whence also intrā and interulus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”).
Descendants
- Catalaninterior
- Englishinterior
- Englishinteriour
- Frenchintérieur
- Italianinteriore
- Occitaninterior
- Portugueseinterior
- Romanianinterior
- Spanishinterior
- Asturianinterior