intestinus

intestīnus, a, um, adj. [intus], inward, internal, intestine (class.).

I.

Adj.: neque [p. 988] ut quidquam interesset inter intestinum et oblatum, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

occultum, intestinum ac domesticum malum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15; id. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

bellum,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 28; Nep. Ham. 2, 1; Just. 3, 4, 2; Suet. Calig. 5:

discordia,

Just. 20, 5: opus, inlaid work, fine joiner ' s work:

villa opere tectorio et intestino spectanda,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1:

opera,

Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225. —

II.

Subst.: intestīnum, i, n., and intestīna, ōrum, a gut, the guts, intestines, entrails in the abdomen (whereas exta denotes the entrails or large viscera contained in the thorax).

A.

In gen.

(α).

Sing., Lucr. 4, 118:

loto terram ferit intestino,

Juv. 6, 429; Cels. 2, 1; 7, 16 al.—Also, m.: intestīnus, i (sc. canalis), Plin. 11, 37, 78, § 199.—

(β).

Plur., Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6:

reliquiae cibi depelluntur, tum adstringentibus se intestinis, tum relaxantibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55:

laborare ex intestinis,

to be disordered in the bowels, id. Fam. 7, 26:

capiunt plus intestina poetae,

Juv. 7, 78. —

B.

In partic.: intestinum medium, i. e. mesenterion, the mesentery, id. N. D. 2, 55:

intestinum tenuius, crassius, jejunum, caecum, rectum,

the straight gut, rectum, Cels. 4, 1:

imum,

rectum, Nep. Att. 21, 3.—

C.

Sine ornamentis, cum intestinis omnibus (amicam vendere), i. e. naked, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 109.— Plur. heterocl.: intestīni, ōrum, m., Varr. Sat. Men. 54: intestīnae, ārum, f., Petr. S. 76, 11.