(adjective) : intestīnus, a, um, intus
* Inward, internal, intestine (class.).
* Adj.: neque ut quidquam interesset inter intestinum et oblatum, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48: occultum, intestinum ac domesticum malum,Cic. 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.
* 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).
* In gen.
* 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.
* In partic.: intestinum medium, i. e. μεσεντέριον, 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.
* 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.

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