viscus | viscĕra, um (noun N) : and more freq. in the plur.: , , prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus
* The inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).
* Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.
* Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part: itum est in viscera terrae,Ov. M. 1, 138: montis (Aetnae),Verg. A. 3, 575: in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36: in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24: haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (ἐγκελεύσματα) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8: neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,i. e. her own citizens,Verg. A. 6, 833: de visceribus tuis,i. e. from your means, property,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so, aerarii,id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.
* Transf.
* The flesh, as lying under the skin: cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34: heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!Ov. M. 15, 88: boum,Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159: taurorum,Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.
* The fruit of the womb, offspring, child (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): (Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22: viscera sua flammis inicere,i. e. one's own writings,Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.

viscus, i, v. viscum
* Init.