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adverb

intus1

intus (not comparable)
Classical[ˈɪn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.tus]
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Meaning

  1. not comparableon the inside: within, inside
    Ibo intro atque intus subducam ratiunculam,c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 1.2.83–84
    Abi intro ad vos domumc. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 2.6.54–55
  2. not comparablefrom within, from the inside, out
    Philaenium estne haec quae intus exitc. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 585–586
    tum abi atque obsera ostium intus, dum ego hinc transcurro ad forum:161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 4.764–765
  3. not comparableto the inside: within
    Nam sua cuique cibis ex omnibus intus in artus corpora discedunt conexaque convenientisc. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 2.711–713
    Thalami iam limina tangit, iamque fores aperit, iam ducitur intus:[…]8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 10.456–457

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

within, inside
intus — in Seneca, ch. III

intus, adv. 1. in and the abl. termination -tus; Sanscr. -tas; cf. ἐντός.
I. On the inside, within: ibi intro atque intus subducam ratiunculam, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 89: vide sitne istaec nostra intus, id. Mil. 2, 6, 55: intus insidiae sunt: intus inclusum periculum est: intus est hostis, Cic. Cat. 2, 5: estne frater intus? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 30: intus domique, Cic. de Sen. 4: ea, quae sunt intus in corpore, id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; cf.: intus in mundo, id. Univ. 10: intus in animis, id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; so, intus in cella Fortis Fortunae, Liv. 27, 11, 3: te intus et in cute novi, Pers. 3, 30: extra et mtus hostem habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 69.— Poet., with abl.: membris intus, Lucr. 4, 1091: tali intus templo, Verg. A. 7, 192.— With gen.: aedium, i.e. in the house, App. M. 8, p. 215, 24: adductos intus agere equos, closer to the goal, Ov. F. 6, 586; cf.: intus agere lacrimas, to moderate, Albin. Eleg. 114.—Prov.: intus canere, v. Aspendius.—
II. To the inside, into, within, in (for the usual intro, cf. Quint. 1, 5, 50): intus novam nuptam deduxi viā, rectā, into the house, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 7 dub. (al. intro): die, me orare ut aliquis intus prodeat, id. Cist. 3, 8: quo simul atque intus est itum, Caes. B. C. 3, 26 (al. intro): intus in artus, Lucr. 2, 711; Ov. M. 10, 457; Tac. H. 1, 35: pollice intus inclinato, inwards ( = introrsus), Quint. 11, 3, 99; so Cels. 8, 4. —
III. From within = ἔνδοθεν, ex interiore parte (mostly anteclass.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 196): tu in tus pateram proferto foras, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 138: evocato aliquem intus ad te, id. Most. 3, 1, 145; id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Mil. 4, 4, 33; 49; cf.: intus evocato aliquem foras, id. Ps. 2, 2, 10; and: argentum intus efferre foras, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 62: obsera otium intus, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25: quicquid spinosum est et intus eminet, Cels. 8, 4.

Origins

From in (“in, at”) + -tus (adverb ending). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “within”).

Descendants
  • Italianinto
  • Germanintus
  • Ladinte
  • Ligurianinte
  • Neapolitaninto
  • Neapolitandinto
  • Neapolitanrinto
  • Normanyensfrom Old French enz
preposition
intus2
intus
Classical[ˈɪn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. poeticrareinside
    Nam cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus;[…]c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 4.1091
    Tālī intus templō dīuum patriāque Latīnus sēde sedēns Teucrōs ad sēsē in tēcta uocāuit, atque haec ingressīs placidō prior ēdidit ōre:[…]29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.192–194

Origins

From in (“in, at”) + -tus (adverb ending). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “within”).

Quick answers

What does intus mean in Latin?
intus, a adverb, means “on the inside: within, inside; from within, from the inside, out; to the inside: within”.
How do you pronounce intus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.tus].