intimus

See also: intīmus

Esperanto

Verb

intimus

1. conditional of intimi

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Latin

Etymology

From the radical of inter + -imus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ti.mus/, [ˈɪn̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ti.mus/, [ˈin̪t̪imus]

Adjective

intimus (feminine intima, neuter intimum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (superlative degree of intra) inmost; profound
2. most or very secret or intimate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	intimus	intima	intimum		intimī	intimae	intima
Genitive	intimī	intimae	intimī		intimōrum	intimārum	intimōrum
Dative	intimō		intimō		intimīs
Accusative	intimum	intimam	intimum		intimōs	intimās	intima
Ablative	intimō	intimā	intimō		intimīs
Vocative	intime	intima	intimum		intimī	intimae	intima

Descendants

• French: intime
• Spanish: íntimo

References

• “intimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to penetrate into the heart of Greece: in ipsam or intimam Graeciam penetrare
    
  • my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi