intestinum

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Latin

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Adjective

intestīnum

  1. inflection of intestīnus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

intestīnum n (genitive intestīnī); second declension

  1. guts, intestines, entrails of the abdomen
    intestīnum mediummesentery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative intestīnum intestīna
genitive intestīnī intestīnōrum
dative intestīnō intestīnīs
accusative intestīnum intestīna
ablative intestīnō intestīnīs
vocative intestīnum intestīna

Descendants

References

  • intestinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • intestinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) a civil war: bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)