adverb
intrōrsum
intrōrsum (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableinwards
- not comparableinwardly
- not comparablewithin, internally
introrsum and introrsus (access. form INTROSVS, Inscr. Orell. 4034; v. also introversus), adv. contr. from intro versum.
I. Form introrsum.
A. Towards the inside, inwards, into:
hostem introrsum in media castra accipiunt, Liv. 10, 33. —B. Inwardly, within, on the inside: sed videt hunc omnis domus Introrsum turpem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45; id. S. 2, 1, 64.—
II. Form introrsus.
A. Inwards, in, into:
ut non facile Introrsus perspici posset, Caes. B. G. 2, 18: reducere aliquid, id. ib. 7, 22: pergit, Tac. A. 2, 25.—B. Inwardly, within:
foris nitent, introrsus misera sunt, Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4; Liv. 25, 21: lacrimae obortae, Ov. M. 13, 539.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
intrōrsum adv.
intro+versum, towards the inside, inwards, within: hostem introrsum in media castra accipiunt, L.—Inwardly, within, on the inside: turpis, H.
Origins
Contraction of intrō (“within”) + versus (“towards”), literally "towards within" or "towards inside".
Descendants
- Italianintrorso
- Galicianentrouxo
- Galicianentrouso