penitus

penitus

Latin

Etymology 1

From penes, related to penetrō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.tus/, [ˈpɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.tus/, [ˈpɛːnit̪us]

Adjective

penitus (feminine penita, neuter penitum, comparative penitior, superlative penitissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. inner, inward

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	penitus	penita	penitum		penitī	penitae	penita
Genitive	penitī	penitae	penitī		penitōrum	penitārum	penitōrum
Dative	penitō		penitō		penitīs
Accusative	penitum	penitam	penitum		penitōs	penitās	penita
Ablative	penitō	penitā	penitō		penitīs
Vocative	penite	penita	penitum		penitī	penitae	penita

Adverb

penitus (not comparable)

1. inwardly, inside

   Synonyms: intrō, intrā

   Antonyms: forās, forīs, extrīnsecus

2. (from) within
3. thoroughly, (not) at all

   Synonyms: omnīnō, prorsus, funditus

4. deeply

   Synonym: altē

Etymology 2

From pēnis (“tail”) +‎ -ītus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peːˈniː.tus/, [peːˈniːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈni.tus/, [peˈniːt̪us]

Adjective

pēnītus (feminine pēnīta, neuter pēnītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) having a tail

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pēnītus	pēnīta	pēnītum		pēnītī	pēnītae	pēnīta
Genitive	pēnītī	pēnītae	pēnītī		pēnītōrum	pēnītārum	pēnītōrum
Dative	pēnītō		pēnītō		pēnītīs
Accusative	pēnītum	pēnītam	pēnītum		pēnītōs	pēnītās	pēnīta
Ablative	pēnītō	pēnītā	pēnītō		pēnītīs
Vocative	pēnīte	pēnīta	pēnītum		pēnītī	pēnītae	pēnīta

References

• “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[TR1] 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