the inner part of the house

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.

gynaecēum or gynaecīum ( gun-), i, n., = gunaikeion.

Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments:

matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur,

Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.

gynaecēum or gynaecīum ( gun-), i, n., = gunaikeion.

Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments:

matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur,

Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.

gynaecēum or gynaecīum ( gun-), i, n., = gunaikeion.

Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95.—

Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments:

matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur,

Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.