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penitus
penitus
Latin
Adjective
penitus m (feminine penita, neuter penitum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | penitus | penita | penitum | penitī | penitae | penita | |
| genitive | penitī | penitae | penitī | penitōrum | penitārum | penitōrum | |
| dative | penitō | penitō | penitīs | ||||
| accusative | penitum | penitam | penitum | penitōs | penitās | penita | |
| ablative | penitō | penitā | penitō | penitīs | |||
| vocative | penite | penita | penitum | penitī | penitae | penita | |
Adverb
penitus (not comparable)
- inwardly
- inside
- (from) within
- thoroughly
References
- penitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- penitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “penitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing has been vividly impressed on our[TR1] memory: aliquid in memoria nostra penitus insidet
- to have a thorough grasp of a subject: penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid (De Or. 1. 23. 108)
- a thing is deeply impressed on the mind: aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
- to impress a thing on one's memory, mind: aliquid animo mentique penitus mandare (Catil. 1. 11. 27)
- to be well acquainted with the views of philosophers: praecepta philosophorum (penitus) percepta habere
- he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret
- to destroy superstition root and branch: superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellere
- a thing has been vividly impressed on our[TR1] memory: aliquid in memoria nostra penitus insidet