intrinsecus

Latin

Etymology

From inter + secus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈtrin.se.kus/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪rĩːs̠ɛkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈtrin.se.kus/, [in̪ˈt̪rinsekus]

Adverb

intrīnsecus (not comparable)

1. internally (on the inside)
2. from within
3. inwards
4. inside

Adjective

intrīnsecus (feminine intrīnseca, neuter intrīnsecum); first/second-declension adjective

1. inward
2. internal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	intrīnsecus	intrīnseca	intrīnsecum		intrīnsecī	intrīnsecae	intrīnseca
Genitive	intrīnsecī	intrīnsecae	intrīnsecī		intrīnsecōrum	intrīnsecārum	intrīnsecōrum
Dative	intrīnsecō		intrīnsecō		intrīnsecīs
Accusative	intrīnsecum	intrīnsecam	intrīnsecum		intrīnsecōs	intrīnsecās	intrīnseca
Ablative	intrīnsecō	intrīnsecā	intrīnsecō		intrīnsecīs
Vocative	intrīnsece	intrīnseca	intrīnsecum		intrīnsecī	intrīnsecae	intrīnseca

Descendants

• Catalan: intrínsec
• French: intrinsèque
  • English: intrinsic
• Galician: intrínseco
• Italian: intrinseco
• Portuguese: intrínseco
• Spanish: intrínseco

References

• “intrinsecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intrinsecus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• intrinsecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.