intus
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intus (“inside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntʊs/
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Adverb
intus
- (colloquial, with haben) down (alcohol, food etc.)
- Ich habe schon drei Bier intus. ― I've already had three beers.
Further reading
Latin
Alternative forms
- ab intus (Late Latin)
- dē intus (Late Latin)
Etymology
From in (“in, at”) + -tus (adverb ending). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “within”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin̪.t̪us]
- Hyphenation: in‧tus
Adverb
intus (not comparable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- >? Italian: into
- Ligurian: inte
- Neapolitan: into, dinto, rinto
- Old French: enz
- Norman: yens
- → German: intus
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.