I.inward, internal, intestine (class.).
I. 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. —
II. 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).
A. In gen.
(α).
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.—
(β).
Plur., Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6: “reliquiae cibi depelluntur, tum adstringentibus se intestinis, tum relaxantibus,” Cic. N. D. 2, 55: “laborare ex intestinis,” to be disordered in the bowels, id. Fam. 7, 26: “capiunt plus intestina poetae,” Juv. 7, 78. —
B. 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.—
C. 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.
