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(adverb) : intĕrĭor, ĭus
* Gen. ōris [comp. from inter, whence also sup. intimus], inner, interior; nearer (class.).
* 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.
* Intĕrĭōres, um, m., they who live farther inland: Angrivarii multos redemptos ab interioribus reddidere,Tac. A. 2, 24.
* In partic.
* 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.
* Trop., the feelings, character: interiora ejus plena sunt dolo,Vulg. Sir. 19, 23.
* 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, , 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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