interior Latin · revision 7563

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Terence|origins=ine-pro *h₁énteros}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛː.ri.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interior''' (comparative, neuter interius, no positive form, superlative intimus or intumus, adverb interius); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a comparative formed from [[inter]] “between”, from an earlier ⟨*interus⟩, the source also of [[intrā]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁énteros|t=inner]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Cognate with [[sa|अन्तर|tr=ántara|t=interior]] and [[grc|ἔντερον|tr=énteron|t=intestine]].^(Wiktionary) It has no positive, and its superlative is [[intimus]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of what is nearer the centre.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Plautus, and he dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant nearer the centre, inner, as Cicero's inner part of the house, and in Livy closer in, more moderate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant internal, inside, and of places and peoples further from the coast, inland, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012) In Celsus it meant inside the body, and in Cicero of feelings inward, private.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it also meant more intimate, of friends, deeper, and secret, and Cicero asks what is more inward than the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant inward, interior, and ''interiōra'' the entrails.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|interior]] came in the late 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of the inner part.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of inland parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the inner mind and close friends.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English ''interior'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Inner, nearer the centre; closer in.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Internal; the inside of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Further from the coast, [[m|en|inland]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Inside the body; inward, private.^(OLD 2012)

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

+ # Deeper; secret.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inter]]

+ * [[intimus]]

+ * [[internus]]

+ * [[en|interior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}