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preposition

intrā1

intrā (+ accusative)
Classical[ˈɪn.traː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.tra]
№ 704 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. with accusativewithin; inside
  2. with accusativeduring
  3. with accusativeless than

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

intra parietes (Brut. 8. 32)
within four walls.

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

intrā prep. with acc.
1 intra, within: intra silvas sese continere, Cs.: intra parietes meos: iactum teli, within a javelin's throw, V.: Apenninum, L.: intra oceanum magis, closer to, S.: intra moenia, within the city: intra parietes, in the family: intra me deus est, O.—Within, in, into: intra quas (regiones) venere: qui intra finīs suos Ariovistum recepissent, Cs.: compulso intra moenia hoste, L.—Of time, within, during, in the course of, in less than: intra annos quatuordecim, Cs.: intra dies paucos, L.: intra morae breve tempus, O.: intra decimum diem quam, etc., i. e. within ten days after, L.: lucem intra, Ta.—Fig., less than, fewer than, within the limits of: intra centum, L.: epulari intra legem, i. e. less expensively than the law allows: intra Naturae finīs vivere, H.

Origins

From earlier *interus (whence also interior), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”), Northern Kurdish hindirr (inside), Persian اندرون (andarun, “inner”). Doublet of intrō. The change from instrumental/ablative and accusative to accusative only is caused by *-teros used adverbially.

Elsewhere
  • Englishintra-
  • Frenchintra-
  • Germanintra-
  • Italianintra-
  • Spanishintra-
  • Romanianintra-
  • Portugueseintra-
  • Aromanianntrã
  • Czechintra-
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantra
  • Sicilianintra
  • Sicilianntra
  • Siciliantra
adverb
intrā2
intrā (comparative interius, superlative intimē or intumē)
Classical[ˈɪn.traː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.tra]
№ 704 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. within, inside

intrā, adv. and prep. contr. from intĕrā; sc. parte,
I. on the inside, within (class. only as a prep.).
I. Adv. (post-Aug.).
A. In gen.: quadraginta per oram, intra centum erunt, Quint. 1, 10, 43: pars, quae intra, longior esse debet, quam quae extra, Cels. 7, 15: si inciditur, viridis intra caro apparet, id. 5, 28, 13: vasa extrinsecus, et intra diligenter picata, Col. 12, 43, 7.—
B. Esp.
1. Of the interior of countries: intra vix jam homines magisque semiferi, Mela, 1, 4, 4.—
2. Of the interior of a building: pro rostris aurata aedes ... intraque lectus eburneus, Suet. Caes. 84: intra forisque, Petr. 22.—
3. Of the Mediterranean Sea, Mela, prooem. 2: abunde orbe terrae extra intra indicato (opp. extra, of the ocean), Plin. 6, 32, 38, § 205 fin.—
C. Inwardly, towards the inside (rare): binos interim digitos distinguimus ... paulum tamen inferioribus intra spectantibus, Quint. 11, 3, 98.—
II. Prep. with acc. (placed after its noun: praeturam intra, Tac. A. 3, 75, and: lucem intra, id. ib. 4, 48), within.
A. Lit., of place: intra navim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 75: intra parietes meos, Cic. Att. 3, 10: carceres stare, Auct. Her. 4, 3: jactum teli, within a javelin's throw, Verg. A. 11, 608: montem Taurum, Cic. Sest. 27: locus intra oceanum jam, nullus est, quo non, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89: Apenninum, Liv. 5, 35: ea intra se consumunt Arabes, consume among themselves, in their own country, Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99: Sy. Devoravi nomen inprudens modo. Ch. Non placet qui amicos intra dentis conclusos habet, behind, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 64; cf.: inter dentis, id. ib. 4, 2, 80 Brix.—
B. Transf.
1. I. q. in with acc., in, into: ea intra pectus se penetravit potio, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23: nosse regiones, intra quas venere, Cic. de Or. 2, 34: qui intra fines suos Ariovistum recepissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: intra moenia compulsus, Liv. 34, 33.—
2. Of time, within, during, in the course of, in less than: intra viginti dies, Plaut. Curc. 3, 77: qui intra annos quatuordecim tectum non subiissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: quae intra decem annos facta sunt, Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 37 (dub.; B. and K. inter): intra paucos dies, Liv. 23, 41; Suet. Caes. 8: intra breve tempus, id. Tib. 51; id. Claud. 38: juventam, in youth, Tac. A. 2, 71. — With quam ( = postquam): intra decimum diem quam Pheras venerat, i. e. before the lapse of ten days after his arrival, Liv. 36, 10, 1; 43, 9, 2; Quint. 1, 12, 9; Suet. Caes. 35 al.—
C. Trop.
1. Under, below, i. e. less than, fewer than, within the limits of: intra centum, Liv. 1, 43: epulari intra legem, i. e. less expensively than the law allows, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9: intra modum, id. ib. 4, 4, 14: intra verba desipere, to betray insanity in words only, Cels. 3, 18: intra verba peccare, to transgress in words only, Curt. 7, 1, 25: intra gloriam fuit facinus, i. e. was not inglorious, Flor. 1, 3: intra silentium se tenere, to keep silence, Plin. Ep. 4, 16: intra famam sunt scripta, beneath his reputation, Quint. 11, 3, 8: intra fortunam, Prop. 4, 8, 2.—
2. With acc. of pron., within or among.
(a). Intra se, inwardly, to one's self: meditantes intra semet, Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118: intra se dicere, Quint. 10, 7, 25: intra se componere, id. 11, 3, 2.—
(b). Secretly: intra vos futura, shall remain among yourselves, be kept secret, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

Origins

From earlier *interus (whence also interior), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”), Northern Kurdish hindirr (inside), Persian اندرون (andarun, “inner”). Doublet of intrō. The change from instrumental/ablative and accusative to accusative only is caused by *-teros used adverbially.

Quick answers

What does intrā mean in Latin?
intrā, a preposition, means “within; inside; during”.
How do you pronounce intrā?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪn.traː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.tra].