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Latin
Etymology 1
From the root of penus (“food, provisions”) and penes (“in the control of”).[1] De Vaan reconstructs an extended stem *pen-et- as the source of penes, penitus and penetrō. The adverb appears to be formed as pen-o-/pen-u- (root of the noun penus) + -tus (adverb-forming suffix).[2]
Pronunciation
Adverb
penitus (not comparable)
- inwardly, inside
- Synonyms: intrō, intrā
- Antonyms: forās, forīs, extrīnsecus
- (from) within
- thoroughly, (not) at all
- Synonyms: omnīnō, prorsus, funditus
- within, far, far down, far away, deeply
- Synonym: altē
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.509–512:
- cum subitō Aenēās concursū accēdere magnō
Anthea Sergestumque videt fortemque Cloanthum,
Teucrōrumque aliōs, āter quōs aequore turbō
dispulerat penitusque aliās āvēxerat ōrās.- When suddenly Aeneas sees, approaching through the massive assembly, Antheus, Sergestus, and brave Cloanthus, and other Trojans, whom the dark whirlwind had scattered in the sea and had carried far away to other shores.
Derived terms
Adjective
penitus (feminine penita, neuter penitum, comparative penitior, superlative penitissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- inner, inward
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Etymology 2
From pēnis (“tail”) + -ītus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pēnītus (feminine pēnīta, neuter pēnītum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) having a tail
- Synonym: caudātus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “penus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 458-459
- ^ Rosén, H. (2007). "A Latin adverbialization: -(i)tus from separative-locative to manner adverb." Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, 120, 215–230. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40849301
Further reading
- “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
- penitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing has been vividly impressed on our 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