intĭmus

intĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. [in-ter; cf. interior], inmost, innermost, most secret, most profound, most intimate (class.).

Lit.:

traxit ex intimo ventre suspirium,

from the deepest part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

in eo sacrario intimo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 99:

in urbis intimam partem venisse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, §

96: abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 4:

Tartara,

Verg. G. 4, 481:

praecordia,

Ov. M. 4, 506:

pectus,

Cat. 61, 177.—

Trop.

Adj.

Profound, inward, deepest, inmost:

ex intima philosophia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

consilia,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

cogitationes,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

sermo,

i. e. soliloquy, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49:

animus,

id. ib. 4, 9, 21:

artificium,

id. Clu. 21, 58:

ars,

id. Or. 53, 179:

amicitia,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 3:

familiaritas,

id. Att. 12, 1.—

Of persons, intimate, near:

ex meis intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Att. 3, 1, 3:

intimi ipsius amici,

Tac. A. 4, 29; 16, 17; 16, 34:

inter intimos amicos habere,

id. H. 1, 71:

scis quam intimum habeam te,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 47; Suet. Dom. 14. — With dat.:

me fuisse huic fateor intimum,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 61:

Catilinae,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

Clodio,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 48.— With apud:

facere se intimum apud aliquem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 30. —

Subst.: intĭmus, i, m., a most intimate friend:

unus ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf. 3, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; id. Att. 4, 16, 1:

ex intimis regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 2:

intimi amicorum Vitellii,

Tac. H. 3, 56 fin. —

intĭma, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

finium,

Liv. 34, 47, 8:

scalpuntur intima versu,

Pers. 1, 21.— Sing. (rare):

se in intimum conicere,

Cic. Cael. 26, 62.— Adv.: intĭmē, in the inmost part, inwardly, internally; most intimately, most cordially, most strongly (class. only in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

uri intime,

App. M. 2, p. 118, 5; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24, 41.—

Trop.:

utebatur intime Q. Hortensio,

was on terms of close intimacy with, Nep. Att. 5:

intime commendari,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2.

m; -, Intimi; meist hum. best buddy

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m -, I\#ntimi

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In·ti·mus, In·ti·ma

[ˈɪntimʊs, ˈɪntima, pl -mi]

m, f (hum geh) confidant liter

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Intimus m; -, Intimi; meist hum best buddy

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In·ti·mus, In·ti·ma <-, Intimi> [ʼɪntimʊs, ʼɪntima, pl -mi] m, f

( hum geh) confidant ( liter)

intĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. [in-ter; cf. interior], inmost, innermost, most secret, most profound, most intimate (class.).

Lit.:

traxit ex intimo ventre suspirium,

from the deepest part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 41:

in eo sacrario intimo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 99:

in urbis intimam partem venisse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, §

96: abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 4:

Tartara,

Verg. G. 4, 481:

praecordia,

Ov. M. 4, 506:

pectus,

Cat. 61, 177.—

Trop.

Adj.

Profound, inward, deepest, inmost:

ex intima philosophia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

consilia,

id. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

cogitationes,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

sermo,

i. e. soliloquy, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49:

animus,

id. ib. 4, 9, 21:

artificium,

id. Clu. 21, 58:

ars,

id. Or. 53, 179:

amicitia,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 3:

familiaritas,

id. Att. 12, 1.—

Of persons, intimate, near:

ex meis intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Att. 3, 1, 3:

intimi ipsius amici,

Tac. A. 4, 29; 16, 17; 16, 34:

inter intimos amicos habere,

id. H. 1, 71:

scis quam intimum habeam te,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 47; Suet. Dom. 14. — With dat.:

me fuisse huic fateor intimum,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 61:

Catilinae,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

Clodio,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 48.— With apud:

facere se intimum apud aliquem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 30. —

Subst.: intĭmus, i, m., a most intimate friend:

unus ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf. 3, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; id. Att. 4, 16, 1:

ex intimis regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 2:

intimi amicorum Vitellii,

Tac. H. 3, 56 fin. —

intĭma, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

finium,

Liv. 34, 47, 8:

scalpuntur intima versu,

Pers. 1, 21.— Sing. (rare):

se in intimum conicere,

Cic. Cael. 26, 62.— Adv.: intĭmē, in the inmost part, inwardly, internally; most intimately, most cordially, most strongly (class. only in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

uri intime,

App. M. 2, p. 118, 5; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24, 41.—

Trop.:

utebatur intime Q. Hortensio,

was on terms of close intimacy with, Nep. Att. 5:

intime commendari,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2.

fămĭlĭāris, e ( abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. [familia].

Of or belonging to servants (rare; only as subst.): fămĭlĭāris, is, m., a servant:

majores nostri servos (quod etiam in mimis adhuc durat) familiares appellaverunt,

Sen. Ep. 47 med.:

hujus familiae familiarem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2.—

Of or belonging to a house, household, or family; household, domestic, family, private (freq. and class.):

fundus,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; cf.

focus,

Col. 11, 1, 19:

filius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 23:

negotiis familiaribus impediti,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

res domesticae ac familiares,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

the household, family affairs, property, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 88; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4; Quint. 12, 1, 6; 12, 7, 9:

ab domo ab re familiari, diutius abesse,

Liv. 5, 4, 6 al.; cf.

copiae,

Liv. 2, 16, 7:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

rationes,

id. ib. 6, 16:

curae,

id. ib. 11, 7:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

Suet. Aug. 61:

vita,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

quis umquam in luctu domestico, quis in funere familiari cenavit cum toga pulla?

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

maeror,

a family grief, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 60:

Lar,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.:

numen Minerva,

Quint. 10, 1, 91.—

Transf.

Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).

With substt.:

videmus Papum Aemilium C. Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; id. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Rep. 2, 20; cf. id. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

amici,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1; 9, 37, 1:

sermones,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Fam. 15, 15, 1; id. Att. 1, 9, 1; cf.

epistolae,

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

minus familiari vultu respexisse,

friendly, Suet. Caes. 78:

voltus ille,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

colloquium,

Liv. 25, 18, 5:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura assuetus,

the rights of intimacy, id. 24, 5, 9:

voluntas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1; cf.:

vox auribus meis familiaris,

Petr. 100:

familiaribus magis ei aetati exemplis,

Quint. 5, 10, 96:

exempla,

id. 7, 2, 17; 9, 4, 44:

verba regionibus quibusdam magis familiaria,

id. 8, 2, 13:

litterae,

Suet. Tib. 62.— Comp.:

qui familiarior nobis propter scriptorum multitudinem est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

aditus in domum,

Liv. 24, 5, 7:

frater ei (with carior),

Nep. Att. 16, 2:

quo boves familiariores bubulco fiant,

Col. 6, 2, 6:

color argenti militaribus signis,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 58. — Sup.:

homo amantissimus familiarissimus, conjunctissimus officiis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, F. 17:

luna terris familiarissimum sidus,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 31, 57, § 131.—

Absol.:

est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

familiaris meus,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

per C. Valerium Procillum familiarem suum cum eo colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

Caelii,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

pauci familiares,

id. Lael. 1, 2.— Sup.:

quod M. Aemulius unus est ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis maxime necessarius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf.:

intimus, proximus, familiarissimus quisque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

familiarissimus meus,

id. Fam. 13, 13, 1:

familiarissimi ejus,

id. Rep. 1, 9.—

Of or belonging to one's self, to one's own people or country (cf. domesticus); only in the lang. of the haruspices, of those parts of the animal which related to the party that sacrificed (opp. hostilis):

(haruspices) fissum familiare et vitale tractant,

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

Decio caput jecinoris a familiari parte caesum haruspex dicitur ostendisse,

Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

mater procurans familiare ostentum,

Liv. 26, 6, 14.—

Familiar, customary, habitual:

mihi familiare est omnes cogitationes meas tecum communicare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 7; 2, 5, 10:

familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

fuisse statuariam artem familiarem Italiae quoque indicant,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 35, 7, 31, § 49.—

Fitting, appropriate, adapted:

quae peregrina... transferuntur, minus sunt familiaria nostro solo quam vernacula,

Col. 3, 4, 1:

familiarissimum hoc platanis,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131:

hipposelinum sabulosis familiarissimum,

id. 19, 8, 48, § 163.—Hence, fămĭlĭārĭter, adv.

By families:

agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,

Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—

Familiarly, intimately, on friendly terms (freq. and class.):

hominem ignotum compellare familiariter,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

nimium familiariter Me attrectas,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

familiariter amicus,

Quint. 1, 2, 15:

amatum a me,

id. 10, 3, 12:

dilectus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 5 et saep.:

loqui,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37:

scribere,

id. Att. 9, 4, 1: nosse causas, i. e. to be familiarly or intimately, accurately acquainted with, Quint. 6, 4, 8; 5, 7, 7:

quod ex longinquo petitur, parum familiariter nostro solo venit,

i. e. suitable, adapted, Col. Arb. 1, 3.— Comp.:

licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

factum,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14; Quint. 2, 7, 3.— Sup.:

cum Verre familiarissime et amicissime vivere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29; Nep. Ages. 1, 1.

[ˈɪntima, pl -mɛ]

f fem form von Intimus

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In·ti·ma <-, Intimae> [ʼɪntima, pl -mɛ] f

fem form von → Intimus

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.

intĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [intimus], to put or bring into (post-class.).

Lit.:

partem gurgiti,

Sol. 5:

Nilus mari intimatur,

flows into, id. 32; Amm. 22, 8, 40:

argentum tabulis,

Tert. Hab. Mul. 5.—

Transf.

To drive or press into:

imaginem aliquam inbibere et sibi intimare,

Tert. adv. Valent. 17; Symm. Ep. 10, 33. —

To announce, publish, make known, intimate:

nuntius intimatur,

Amm. 21, 11, 1; 28, 3, 8: vitam litteris, Treb. Gall. 16: notoriā tuā intimāsti, Claudium graviter irasci, Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17:

cunctis pistoribus intimari oportet, quod si quis, etc., Cod. 14, 3, 1: longitudines syllabarum,

Mart. Cap. 3, § 274; 5, § 519.

mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).

Adj.

Lit.:

terra complexa medium mundi locum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

medium mundi locum petere,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

in foro medio,

in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

medio foro,

in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

in solio medius consedit,

sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

considit scopulo medius,

id. G. 4, 436:

concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144:

ignes,

Verg. A. 12, 201:

medio tempore,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

locus medius regionum earum,

half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

et medius juvenum ibat,

id. F. 5, 67:

medius silentūm,

Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

medius ex tribus,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

medium arripere aliquem,

to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

juvenem medium complectitur,

Liv. 23, 9, 9:

Alcides medium tenuit,

held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

medium ostendere unguem,

to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—

Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

hieme demunt cibum medium,

half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

scrupulum croci,

Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —

Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.

Of age:

aetatis mediae vir,

of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—

Of plans, purposes, etc.:

nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

Liv. 2, 49, 5:

medium quiddam tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—

Of intellect:

eloquentiā medius,

middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

ingenium,

moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—

Undetermined, undecided:

medios esse,

i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

medium se gerere,

Liv. 2, 27:

se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

responsum,

indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —

Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—

Intermediate:

medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

Quint. 6, 1, 45:

ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

medium sese offert,

as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

pacator mediusque Syphax,

Sil. 16, 222:

pacis eras mediusque belli,

arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—

Central, with ex or in:

ex factione media consul,

fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

in medio maerore et dolore,

id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

in media dimicatione,

the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

in medio ardore certaminis,

Curt. 8, 4, 27:

in media solitudine,

the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

in mediis divitiis,

in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

in medio robore virium,

Liv. 28, 35, 6:

in medio ardore belli,

id. 24, 45, 4:

in media reipublicae luce,

the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

media inter pocula,

Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,

Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.

Lit.

Of space (very rare in Cic.):

in medio aedium sedens,

Liv. 1, 57, 9:

maris,

id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

medio viae ponere,

id. 37, 13, 10:

in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

medio montium porrigitur planities,

id. ib. 1, 64:

medio stans hostia ad aras,

Verg. G. 3, 486:

medio tutissimus ibis,

Ov. M. 2, 137:

in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

Liv. 45, 35.—

Of time:

diei,

Liv. 27, 48:

medio temporis,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—

Transf.

The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

tabulae sunt in medio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

rem totam in medio ponere,

publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

dicendi ratio in medio posita,

lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

rem in medium proferre,

to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

id. Clu. 28, 77:

in medio relinquere,

to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

litteras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

hominem,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

de medio removere,

to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

e medio excessit,

she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

tollite lumen e medio,

Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

in medio esse,

to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

in medium venire or procedere,

to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

communes utilitates in medium afferre,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

consulere in medium,

to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

quaerere,

to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

conferre laudem,

i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

dare,

to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

in medium conferre, in gaming,

to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

Pall. 1, 35, 12.—

A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

scrobem ad medium completo,

Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,

Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

qui noluerant medie,

kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

ortus medie humilis,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—

Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

nĕcessārĭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. necessarior, Tert. Patient. 11; id. Test. Anim. 4 al.) [necesse], unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, needful, requisite, necessary: necessarium ait esse Opilius Aurelius, in quo non sit cessandum, aut sine quo vivi non [p. 1195] possit: aut sine quo non bene vivatur: aut quod non possit prohiberi, quin fiat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.

Lit.:

necessarius et fatalis, opp. voluntarius,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 9; cf.: id quod imperatur necessarium;

illud, quod permittitur, voluntarium est,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

necessaria conclusio,

id. Top. 16, 60:

leges fatales et necessariae,

id. Univ. 12:

omnia quae sint ad vivendum necessaria,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

senatori necessarium est, nōsse rem publicam,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 41.—So without dat., = necesse est:

ne tam necessarium quidem est male meritis quam optime referre quod debeas,

id. post Red. ad Quir. 9, 22:

castra ponere necessarium visum est,

Liv. 21, 58, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 37, 3; Gai. Inst. 3, 216:

necessariā re coactus,

by necessity, Caes. B. C. 1, 40: quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur, time of need or necessity, id. B. G. 1, 16:

cum longius necessario procederent,

farther than was necessary, too far, id. ib. 7, 16:

res magis necessariae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

res maxime necessaria,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

necessarior medela,

Tert. Patient. 11:

necessarior sententia,

id. Test. Anim. 4:

necessariores operas,

id. Cult. Tem. 1, 5; id. Res. Carn. 31:

aliquid necessarius,

id. Carn. Christ. 7 med. — Subst.: nĕcessārĭa, ōrum, n., the necessaries of life:

Persae armis positis ad necessaria ex proximo vico ferenda discurrunt,

Curt. 5, 12, 6:

plebes sic adcensa uti... sua necessaria post illius honorem ducerent,

Sall. J. 73, 6; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 4.—

In partic.:

necessariae partes,

the private parts, Gai. Inst. 3, § 193.—

Transf., connected with another by natural or moral ties (of blood, friendship, clientship), belonging, related, connected, bound.

Adj.: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A: victoria hominis necessarii, of a friend, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2; so,

homo,

of a father-in-law, Nep. Dat. 6:

ut a latronibus redimeret necessarias mulieri personas,

Dig. 24, 3, 21: necessarius heres = suus heres, the natural heir, who was in the potestas of the deceased (opp. to heres extraneus), Gai. Inst. 2, 37; 3, 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Subst.: nĕcessārĭus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman, connection, friend, client, patron (cf. necessitudo, II.; syn.: familiaris, intimus): necessarii sunt, ut Gallus Aelius ait, qui aut cognati aut affines sunt, in quos necessaria officia conferuntur praeter ceteros, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; necessarius angustus, a very near relative, Fragm. Jur. Civ. p. 86 Mai.:

L. Torquatus meus familiaris ac necessarius,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

in iis necessariis, qui tibi a patre relicti sunt, me tibi esse vel conjunctissimum,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1: nĕcessārĭa, ae, f., a female relative or friend:

virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria,

id. Mur. 35, 73:

Cerelliae, necessariae meae, rem commendavi tibi,

id. Fam. 13, 72, 1.—Hence, adv.

nĕcessārĭē (rare), unavoidably, necessarily:

necessarie demonstrari,

Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 44:

comparato cibo,

Val. Max. 7, 6, 3.—

nĕcessārĭō (the most usual form):

necessario reviviscere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

quibuscum vivo necessario,

id. ib. 5, 21, 1:

quod necessario rem Caesari enuntiārit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

copias parat,

Sall. J. 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 29; 5, 10, 80; Lact. 2, 12.