penitus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From the root of penus (“food, provisions”) and penes (“in the control of”). De Vaan reconstructs an extended stem *pen-et- as the source of penes, penitus and penetrō. The adverb appears to be formed as pen-o-/pen-u- (root of the noun penus) +‎ -tus (adverb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.nɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.ni.tus] ==== Adverb ==== penitus (not comparable) inwardly, inside Synonyms: intrō, intrā Antonyms: forās, forīs, extrīnsecus (from) within thoroughly, (not) at all Synonyms: omnīnō, prorsus, funditus within, far, far down, far away, deeply Synonym: altē ===== Derived terms ===== penetrō ==== Adjective ==== penitus (feminine penita, neuter penitum, comparative penitior, superlative penitissimus); first/second-declension adjective inner, inward ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From pēnis (“tail”) + -ītus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [peːˈniː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈniː.tus] ==== Adjective ==== pēnītus (feminine pēnīta, neuter pēnītum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) having a tail Synonym: caudātus ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === === Further reading === “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.