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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h1(e)n-tero-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interius''' (adverb; comparative in form)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|interior|t=inner]], whose neuter is used as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Georges also treats it as the comparative of [[m|la|intrā|t=within]].^(Georges 1913) De Vaan derives the comparative from [[itc-pro|*ntero-|t=interior]] and [[ine-pro|*h1(e)n-tero-|t=situated within]], formed from [[m|ine-pro|*h1en|t=in]], and compares [[sa|अन्तर|tr=ántara-|t=interior]] and [[grc|ἔντερα|tr=éntera|t=intestines]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Conte cites it from Cicero (81–43 BC), who advises that a sentence should neither stop too far inside nor run on too long.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means further in or nearer the centre: Seneca uses it of hiding gold and silver deeper inside and of a tighter turn, Pliny the Elder of the Adriatic lying further in than the Ionian Sea, and Statius of the inmost part of a house.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) It also means within or inwardly, as when Ovid has the tongue freezing inside against the palate,^(OLD 2012) and in Velleius and Mela it is used of moving into the interior of a country.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Figuratively it means more intimately, of being admitted further into someone's confidence in Seneca, and more deeply, of a god who looks deeper into minds in Martial and of looking closer in Juvenal.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) British Medieval Latin uses it of land further inland, of the inside of a building or cave, and of what is thought inwardly as against what is done outwardly, as in Bede.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a sentence stopping too far inside.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the inside of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–AD 18 – Ovid uses it for “inside, within”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius uses it of moving into the interior.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a god who looks deeper into minds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Further in, nearer the [[m|en|centre]]; nearer the inside (of a bend).^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # More [[m|en|intimate|alt=intimately]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Inside, within; [[m|en|inward|alt=inwardly]].^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # Into the [[m|en|interior]] (of a country), inland.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # More deeply, more [[m|en|profound|alt=profoundly]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}