intestina

Italian

Adjective

intestina

1. feminine singular of intestino

Anagrams

• astinenti, innestati, intensità

Latin

Alternative forms

• intestīnum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tesˈtiː.na/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tesˈti.na/, [in̪t̪esˈt̪iːnä]

Noun

intestīna n pl (genitive intestīnōrum); second declension

1. the guts; entrails

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural form.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	intestīna
Genitive	intestīnōrum
Dative	intestīnīs
Accusative	intestīna
Ablative	intestīnīs
Vocative	intestīna

Adjective

intestina

1. inflection of intestinus (“internal, private, inward”):
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter plural

   ...quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset...

   ...how similar the internal rebellion of the body was... (Titus Livius, Ab urbe Condita II,32)

References

• “intestina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intestina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Adjective

intestina

1. feminine singular of intestino