penitus

Latin

Etymology

From penes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.tus/, [ˈpɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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
2. inside
3. (from) within
4. thoroughly
5. deeply

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^[1], 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