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intrā, adv. and prep. [contr. from intĕrā; sc. parte], on the inside, within (class. only as a prep.).

Adv. (post-Aug.).

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.—

Esp.

Of the interior of countries: intra vix jam homines magisque semiferi, Mela, 1, 4, 4.—

Of the interior of a building:

pro rostris aurata aedes... intraque lectus eburneus,

Suet. Caes. 84:

intra forisque,

Petr. 22.—

Of the Mediterranean Sea, Mela, prooem. 2:

abunde orbe terrae extra intra indicato (opp. extra, of the ocean),

Plin. 6, 32, 38, § 205 fin. —

Inwardly, towards the inside (rare): binos interim digitos distinguimus... paulum tamen inferioribus intra spectantibus, Quint. 11, 3, 98.—

Prep. with acc. (placed after its noun:

praeturam intra,

Tac. A. 3, 75, and:

lucem intra,

id. ib. 4, 48), within.

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.,

id. 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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

With acc. of pron., within or among.

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.—

Secretly:

intra vos futura,

shall remain among yourselves, be kept secret, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

intus, adv. [1. in and the abl. termination -tus; Sanscr. -tas; cf. entos].

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.—

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. —

From within = endothen, 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.

mĕdulla, ae, f. [medius], the marrow of bones; the pith of plants (class.).

Lit., Hor. Epod. 5, 37:

cumque albis ossa medullis,

Ov. M. 14, 208:

ossa regum vacuis exsucta medullis,

Juv. 8, 90:

per media foramina a cerebro medullā descendente,

Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 178.—

Transf., the pith, inside, kernel:

vitis medullā,

Col. 3, 18, 5; Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:

frumenta, quae salsā aquā sparsa moluntur, candidiorem medullam reddunt,

i. e. meal, flour, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87:

medulla ventris,

the inside, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 17.—

Trop., the marrow, kernel, innermost part, best part, quintessence:

at ego pereo, cui medullam lassitudo perbibit,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 18:

cum hic fervor tamquam in venis medullisque insederit,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

haec mihi semper erunt imis infixa medullis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 9:

qui mihi haeres in medullis,

who are at the bottom of my heart, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2: [p. 1126] qui mihi sunt inclusa medullis, id. Att. 15, 4, 3:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

communes loci, qui in mediis litium medullis versantur,

Quint. 2, 1, 11:

verborum,

inner meaning, Gell. 18, 4, 2:

divisio compagum ac medullarum,

the innermost parts, Vulg. Heb. 4, 12.— Poet.: suadae, the marrow or quintessence of eloquence, said of Cethegus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 309 Vahl.); cf. Quint. 2, 15, 4.

intrō, adv. [contr. from interō sc. loco].

Inwardly, internally; on the inside:

omnia sana faciet, intro quae dolitabunt,

Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

stare,

Pall. 1, 40, 2; Cato, R. R. 157, 6; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 50.—

To the inside, within, in (class.):

sequere intro me, amabo,

into the house, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 19:

intro ad nos venit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 2:

intro ire,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 59:

intro advenire,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 7:

abire,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 35:

intro est itum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26, 5:

cur ad nos filiam tuam non intro vocari jubes?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; cf.:

prius quam intro vocarentur ad suffragium tribus,

Liv. 10, 24 fin.; so,

intro vocata centuria,

id. 10, 13, 11:

accipere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 36.

intro, āvi, ātum (intrassis for intraveris, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 63), 1, v. a. and n. [1. intro], to go or walk into, to enter (syn.: ingredior, introeo).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. with acc., with in and acc.; poet. with dat.

With acc.:

tu ingredi illam domum ausus es? tu illud sanctissimum limen intrare?

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 68:

pomoerium,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Caecin. 8, 22:

regnum,

id. Rab. Post. 8, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

domum,

Nep. Ages. 7, 4; id. Dat. 2, 1:

limen,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 1; 4, 5, 5; Vell. 2, 59 fin.; Just. 18, 7, 10; Suet. Tib. 30:

portas,

Liv. 1, 29, 1:

flumen,

Sall. J. 110, 6:

januam,

Petr. 139:

fumum et flammam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16:

maria,

Verg. A. 6, 59:

amnis intrans aequora,

emptying into the sea, Val. Fl. 2, 11:

notus medullas intravit calor,

Verg. A. 8, 390:

fluminis ripas,

to come between, id. ib. 7, 201.—

With in and acc.:

ante quam (animus) in corpus intravisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57:

in tabernaculum,

Curt. 3, 12, 10:

in flumen,

Plin. 32, 1, 4, § 10; 9, 15, 20, § 50:

in eum mundum,

Sen. Ep. 91, 15:

intravit in hortos,

Ov. M. 14, 656:

in portus,

id. ib. 7, 492:

in Capitolium,

Cic. Dom. 3, 5.—

With dat.:

montibus undae,

Val. Fl. 1, 590:

ponto,

Sil. 11, 473:

vulneribus mare,

id. 14, 550:

discordia caelo,

id. 9, 289.—

With intra (rare):

intra praesidia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 1.—

With ad:

protinus ad Alexandrum,

Curt. 6, 7, 19. —

In partic.

To penetrate, pierce, enter, force a way into:

quo qui intraverant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

intravere eo arma Romana,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181:

intra praesidia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8:

ne quo loco nostri intrare possent,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

ne hostes intrare ad se possent,

Hirt. B. Afr. 79:

ad munimenta,

Liv. 6, 2. — Absol.: in-trantes, ium, m., as subst. (opp. abeuntes), Petr. S. 28, 8; Col. 1, 6:

cujus vultum intrantes tristem, abeuntes hilarum putant,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13.— Pass.:

si mare intretur,

Tac. A. 2, 5.— Impers.:

quo non modo intrari, sed ne perspici quidem possit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—

To appear before court:

alio senatu Vicetini sine advocato intraverunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 4, 2; 6, 31, 10.—

To attack, Stat. Th. 6, 774. —

To pierce, transfix ( poet.):

aprum,

Mart. 7, 27, 3:

intravit torvum Gortynia lumen harundo,

Sil. 5, 447; Sid. Carm. 2, 147.—

Trop., to penetrate or pierce into (class.); constr. usu. with in and acc.:

nulla acies humani ingenii tanta est, quae penetrare in caelum, terram intrare possit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

in rerum naturam,

id. Fin. 5, 16:

in sensum et in mentem judicis,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 109; 1, 47, 204: penitus in alicujus familiaritatem, to become one ' s intimate friend, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

in pectus,

Sen. ad Helv. 13, 2; Quint. 9, 4, 10.—With acc.:

domus quam nec honor nec gratia intrare posset,

Liv. 6, 34, 9; cf.

terram,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

vatem Deus,

inspires, Sil. 3, 697; cf. id. 12, 323:

animum militaris gloriae cupido,

Tac. Agr. 5:

pavidos intrat metus,

id. A. 1, 39; 1, 43:

intravit animos pavor,

Curt. 4, 16, 17; cf. Sil. 1, 124. — Absol.:

propius accedo... intrabo etiam magis,

Cic. Fl. 10, 23.

intrō, adv. [contr. from interō sc. loco].

Inwardly, internally; on the inside:

omnia sana faciet, intro quae dolitabunt,

Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

stare,

Pall. 1, 40, 2; Cato, R. R. 157, 6; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 50.—

To the inside, within, in (class.):

sequere intro me, amabo,

into the house, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 19:

intro ad nos venit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 2:

intro ire,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 59:

intro advenire,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 7:

abire,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 35:

intro est itum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26, 5:

cur ad nos filiam tuam non intro vocari jubes?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; cf.:

prius quam intro vocarentur ad suffragium tribus,

Liv. 10, 24 fin.; so,

intro vocata centuria,

id. 10, 13, 11:

accipere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 36.

intro, āvi, ātum (intrassis for intraveris, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 63), 1, v. a. and n. [1. intro], to go or walk into, to enter (syn.: ingredior, introeo).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. with acc., with in and acc.; poet. with dat.

With acc.:

tu ingredi illam domum ausus es? tu illud sanctissimum limen intrare?

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 68:

pomoerium,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Caecin. 8, 22:

regnum,

id. Rab. Post. 8, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

domum,

Nep. Ages. 7, 4; id. Dat. 2, 1:

limen,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 1; 4, 5, 5; Vell. 2, 59 fin.; Just. 18, 7, 10; Suet. Tib. 30:

portas,

Liv. 1, 29, 1:

flumen,

Sall. J. 110, 6:

januam,

Petr. 139:

fumum et flammam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16:

maria,

Verg. A. 6, 59:

amnis intrans aequora,

emptying into the sea, Val. Fl. 2, 11:

notus medullas intravit calor,

Verg. A. 8, 390:

fluminis ripas,

to come between, id. ib. 7, 201.—

With in and acc.:

ante quam (animus) in corpus intravisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57:

in tabernaculum,

Curt. 3, 12, 10:

in flumen,

Plin. 32, 1, 4, § 10; 9, 15, 20, § 50:

in eum mundum,

Sen. Ep. 91, 15:

intravit in hortos,

Ov. M. 14, 656:

in portus,

id. ib. 7, 492:

in Capitolium,

Cic. Dom. 3, 5.—

With dat.:

montibus undae,

Val. Fl. 1, 590:

ponto,

Sil. 11, 473:

vulneribus mare,

id. 14, 550:

discordia caelo,

id. 9, 289.—

With intra (rare):

intra praesidia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 1.—

With ad:

protinus ad Alexandrum,

Curt. 6, 7, 19. —

In partic.

To penetrate, pierce, enter, force a way into:

quo qui intraverant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

intravere eo arma Romana,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181:

intra praesidia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8:

ne quo loco nostri intrare possent,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

ne hostes intrare ad se possent,

Hirt. B. Afr. 79:

ad munimenta,

Liv. 6, 2. — Absol.: in-trantes, ium, m., as subst. (opp. abeuntes), Petr. S. 28, 8; Col. 1, 6:

cujus vultum intrantes tristem, abeuntes hilarum putant,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13.— Pass.:

si mare intretur,

Tac. A. 2, 5.— Impers.:

quo non modo intrari, sed ne perspici quidem possit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—

To appear before court:

alio senatu Vicetini sine advocato intraverunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 4, 2; 6, 31, 10.—

To attack, Stat. Th. 6, 774. —

To pierce, transfix ( poet.):

aprum,

Mart. 7, 27, 3:

intravit torvum Gortynia lumen harundo,

Sil. 5, 447; Sid. Carm. 2, 147.—

Trop., to penetrate or pierce into (class.); constr. usu. with in and acc.:

nulla acies humani ingenii tanta est, quae penetrare in caelum, terram intrare possit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

in rerum naturam,

id. Fin. 5, 16:

in sensum et in mentem judicis,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 109; 1, 47, 204: penitus in alicujus familiaritatem, to become one ' s intimate friend, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

in pectus,

Sen. ad Helv. 13, 2; Quint. 9, 4, 10.—With acc.:

domus quam nec honor nec gratia intrare posset,

Liv. 6, 34, 9; cf.

terram,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

vatem Deus,

inspires, Sil. 3, 697; cf. id. 12, 323:

animum militaris gloriae cupido,

Tac. Agr. 5:

pavidos intrat metus,

id. A. 1, 39; 1, 43:

intravit animos pavor,

Curt. 4, 16, 17; cf. Sil. 1, 124. — Absol.:

propius accedo... intrabo etiam magis,

Cic. Fl. 10, 23.

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intrinsĕcus, adv. [intra-secus], on the inside, inwardly (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.):

eam intrinsecus eādem re perinungunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 7:

sudabant fauces, intrinsecus atrae, sanguine,

Lucr. 6, 1147:

intrinsecus cavum, extrinsecus gibberum est,

Cels. 4, 1; cf.

opp. exterius,

Col. 12, 44, 5; 8, 3, 6:

latebant,

Amm. 20, 11, 9.—

Towards the inside, inwards:

replicata jocinera,

Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 190; Suet. Aug. 95.

intrinsĕcus, a, um, adj., inward (late Lat.):

lumina cordis intrinseca,

Cassiod. in Psa. 118, 82.

introrsum and introrsus (access. form INTROSVS, Inscr. Orell. 4034; v. also introversus), adv. [contr. from intro versum].

Form introrsum.

Towards the inside, inwards, into:

hostem introrsum in media castra accipiunt,

Liv. 10, 33. —

Inwardly, within, on the inside: sed [p. 991] videt hunc omnis domus Introrsum turpem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45; id. S. 2, 1, 64.—

Form introrsus.

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.—

Inwardly, within:

foris nitent, introrsus misera sunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4; Liv. 25, 21:

lacrimae obortae,

Ov. M. 13, 539.

introrsum and introrsus (access. form INTROSVS, Inscr. Orell. 4034; v. also introversus), adv. [contr. from intro versum].

Form introrsum.

Towards the inside, inwards, into:

hostem introrsum in media castra accipiunt,

Liv. 10, 33. —

Inwardly, within, on the inside: sed [p. 991] videt hunc omnis domus Introrsum turpem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45; id. S. 2, 1, 64.—

Form introrsus.

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.—

Inwardly, within:

foris nitent, introrsus misera sunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4; Liv. 25, 21:

lacrimae obortae,

Ov. M. 13, 539.

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intĕrĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris [ comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).

A.. In gen.:

in interiore aedium parte,

Cic. Sest. 10: spatium, [p. 981] 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.

intĕrĭōres, um, m., they who live farther inland:

Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere,

Tac. A. 2, 24.—

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.—

Esp. of the body, intestines, bowels:

interiorum morbi,

Cels. 1 praef. § 68; Veg. 1, 39, 2.—

Trop., the feelings, character:

interiora ejus plena sunt dolo,

Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop. of mental operations, more inwardly or deeply:

ne insistat interius (oratio),

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

attendere,

Juv. 11, 15.

intĕrĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris [ comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).

A.. In gen.:

in interiore aedium parte,

Cic. Sest. 10: spatium, [p. 981] 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.

intĕrĭōres, um, m., they who live farther inland:

Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere,

Tac. A. 2, 24.—

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.—

Esp. of the body, intestines, bowels:

interiorum morbi,

Cels. 1 praef. § 68; Veg. 1, 39, 2.—

Trop., the feelings, character:

interiora ejus plena sunt dolo,

Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop. of mental operations, more inwardly or deeply:

ne insistat interius (oratio),

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

attendere,

Juv. 11, 15.

intĕrĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris [ comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).

A.. In gen.:

in interiore aedium parte,

Cic. Sest. 10: spatium, [p. 981] 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.

intĕrĭōres, um, m., they who live farther inland:

Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere,

Tac. A. 2, 24.—

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.—

Esp. of the body, intestines, bowels:

interiorum morbi,

Cels. 1 praef. § 68; Veg. 1, 39, 2.—

Trop., the feelings, character:

interiora ejus plena sunt dolo,

Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop. of mental operations, more inwardly or deeply:

ne insistat interius (oratio),

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

attendere,

Juv. 11, 15.

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.