intimus

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

I.

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.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Adj.

1.

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.—

2.

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. —

B.

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. —

2.

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.).

1.

Lit.:

uri intime,

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

2.

Trop.:

utebatur intime Q. Hortensio,

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

intime commendari,

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