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intĕrĭor , ĭus,
I.gen. ōris [comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).
I. A.. In gen.: “in interiore aedium parte,Cic. Sest. 10: spatium, 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.
1. intĕrĭōres , um, m., they who live farther inland: “Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere,Tac. A. 2, 24.—
2. 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.—
(β). Esp. of the body, intestines, bowels: “interiorum morbi,Cels. 1 praef. § 68; Veg. 1, 39, 2.—
(γ). Trop., the feelings, character: “interiora ejus plena sunt dolo,Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.—
B. 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. —
II. In partic.
A. 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.—
B. 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.—
C. 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.—
B. 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.—
C. Trop. of mental operations, more inwardly or deeply: “ne insistat interius (oratio),Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190: “attendere,Juv. 11, 15.
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