intus

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intus (“inside”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntʊs/
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Adverb

intus

  1. (colloquial, with haben) down (alcohol, food etc.)
    Ich habe schon drei Bier intus. ― I've already had three beers.

Further reading

  • “intus” in Duden online
  • “intus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

From in (“in, at”) +‎ -tus (adverb ending). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “within”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

intus (not comparable)

  1. within, inside
    Synonym: intrōrsum
  2. at home

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: intus
  • Ligurian: inte
  • Neapolitan: into, dinto, rinto
  • Old French: enz

References

  • “intus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “intus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • intus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • intus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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