(Adj.) : intĭmus, a, um
* Adj. sup. [in-ter; cf. interior], inmost, innermost, most secret, most profound, most intimate (class.).
* 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.
* Trop.
* Profound, inward, deepest, inmost: ex intima philosophia,Cic. Leg. 1, 5: consilia,Cic. 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.).
* Lit.: uri intime,App. M. 2, p. 118, 5; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24, 41.
* Trop.: utebatur intime Q. Hortensio,was on terms of close intimacy with,Nep. Att. 5: intime commendari,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2.

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