the innermost parts

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.

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.

pĕnĭtus, a, um, adj. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates], inward, inner, interior (ante- and post-class.):

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28:

scaturigo fontis,

App. M. 6, p. 178, 33:

mente penitā conditum,

id. ib. 11, p. 259, 38.— Comp. penitior pars domūs, App. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 599 P.— Sup.:

advecta ex Arabiā penitissimā,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 53; so id. ib. 4, 3, 71:

in latebras abscondas pectore penitissimo,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 65:

Scythae illi penitissimi,

the most remote, Gell. 9, 4, 6:

de Graecorum penitissimis litteris,

Macr. S. 5, 19. —As subst.: pĕnĭta, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

mundi,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 9:

terrae,

id. 6, § 600:

sacri loci,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 43.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

pĕnĭtē ( poet. and post-class.), inwardly, internally, Cat. 61, 178.— Sup.:

penitissime,

Sid. Ep. 4, 9.—

pĕnĭtus (class.), inwardly, internally, in the inside (cf.: prorsus, omnino).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet.):

extra penitusque coacti Exagitant venti, Sev. Aetn. 317: penitusque deus, non fronte notandus,

Manil. 4, 309.—

In partic., deeply, far within, into the inmost part (class.):

saxum penitus excisum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

argentum penitus abditum,

id. Off. 2, 2, 13:

jacent penitus defossa talenta,

Verg. A. 10, 526:

penitus convalle virenti,

id. ib. 6, 679:

penitus terrae defigitur arbos,

id. G. 2, 290:

penitus penetrare,

Cels. 5, 26, 7:

Suevos penitus ad extremos fines se recepisse,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

penitus in Thraciam se abdidit,

Nep. Alcib. 9:

mare retibus penitus scrutare,

Juv. 5, 95.—

Trop., deeply, far within. from the innermost depths or recesses:

penitus ex intimā philosophiā hauriendam juris disciplinam putas,

from the very depths of philosophy, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

opinio tam penitus insita,

so deeply rooted, id. Clu. 1, 4:

bene penitus sese dare in familiaritatem alicujus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

periculum penitus in venis et visceribus rei publicae,

in the very heart, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

demittere se penitus in causam,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf. (qs. through and through, to the bottom of a thing, i. e.), thoroughly, completely, wholly, [p. 1330] entirely, utterly (class.):

caput et supercilia penitus abrasa,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

utrum hic confirmasse videtur religionem an penitus totam sustulisse?

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

res penitus perspectae,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

penitus pernoscere omnes animorum motus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 17:

quod in memoriā meā penitus insederit,

id. ib. 2, 28, 122:

intellegere aliquid,

id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

amittere hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

diffidere rei publicae,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

perdere se ipsos,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: te penitus rogo ne, etc., Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1:

penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos,

Verg. E. 1, 66:

dilecta penitus,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 4.— Hence, to strengthen the comp.:

penitus crudelior,

far more, Prop. 1, 16, 17.—To strengthen the sup.:

vir penitus Romano nomini infestissimus,

Vell. 2, 27, 1.

pēnītus, a, um, adj. [penis], furnished with or having a tail:

penitam offam Naevius appellat absegmen carnis cum codā,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.; Arn. 7, 24, 230; cf. Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.

pĕnĭtus, a, um, adj. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates], inward, inner, interior (ante- and post-class.):

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28:

scaturigo fontis,

App. M. 6, p. 178, 33:

mente penitā conditum,

id. ib. 11, p. 259, 38.— Comp. penitior pars domūs, App. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 599 P.— Sup.:

advecta ex Arabiā penitissimā,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 53; so id. ib. 4, 3, 71:

in latebras abscondas pectore penitissimo,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 65:

Scythae illi penitissimi,

the most remote, Gell. 9, 4, 6:

de Graecorum penitissimis litteris,

Macr. S. 5, 19. —As subst.: pĕnĭta, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

mundi,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 9:

terrae,

id. 6, § 600:

sacri loci,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 43.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

pĕnĭtē ( poet. and post-class.), inwardly, internally, Cat. 61, 178.— Sup.:

penitissime,

Sid. Ep. 4, 9.—

pĕnĭtus (class.), inwardly, internally, in the inside (cf.: prorsus, omnino).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet.):

extra penitusque coacti Exagitant venti, Sev. Aetn. 317: penitusque deus, non fronte notandus,

Manil. 4, 309.—

In partic., deeply, far within, into the inmost part (class.):

saxum penitus excisum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

argentum penitus abditum,

id. Off. 2, 2, 13:

jacent penitus defossa talenta,

Verg. A. 10, 526:

penitus convalle virenti,

id. ib. 6, 679:

penitus terrae defigitur arbos,

id. G. 2, 290:

penitus penetrare,

Cels. 5, 26, 7:

Suevos penitus ad extremos fines se recepisse,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

penitus in Thraciam se abdidit,

Nep. Alcib. 9:

mare retibus penitus scrutare,

Juv. 5, 95.—

Trop., deeply, far within. from the innermost depths or recesses:

penitus ex intimā philosophiā hauriendam juris disciplinam putas,

from the very depths of philosophy, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

opinio tam penitus insita,

so deeply rooted, id. Clu. 1, 4:

bene penitus sese dare in familiaritatem alicujus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

periculum penitus in venis et visceribus rei publicae,

in the very heart, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

demittere se penitus in causam,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf. (qs. through and through, to the bottom of a thing, i. e.), thoroughly, completely, wholly, [p. 1330] entirely, utterly (class.):

caput et supercilia penitus abrasa,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

utrum hic confirmasse videtur religionem an penitus totam sustulisse?

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

res penitus perspectae,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

penitus pernoscere omnes animorum motus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 17:

quod in memoriā meā penitus insederit,

id. ib. 2, 28, 122:

intellegere aliquid,

id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

amittere hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

diffidere rei publicae,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

perdere se ipsos,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: te penitus rogo ne, etc., Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1:

penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos,

Verg. E. 1, 66:

dilecta penitus,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 4.— Hence, to strengthen the comp.:

penitus crudelior,

far more, Prop. 1, 16, 17.—To strengthen the sup.:

vir penitus Romano nomini infestissimus,

Vell. 2, 27, 1.

pēnītus, a, um, adj. [penis], furnished with or having a tail:

penitam offam Naevius appellat absegmen carnis cum codā,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.; Arn. 7, 24, 230; cf. Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.

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.

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.