internus, a, um, adj. [in; cf. interior, intestinus, intus], inward, internal (postAug.).
I Adj.
A Lit.: ignis, Sen. Q. N. 6, 27, 2: arae, Ov. H. 7, 113: maria, inland , Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173.—
B Trop., domestic , civil , internal : discordiae, Tac. A. 2, 26: certamina, id. ib. 54: internum simul externumque bellum, id. H. 2, 69: mala, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 13.—
II Subst.: interna , ōrum, n. plur.
A Interior parts : mundi, Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 4.—
B Internal or domestic affairs : si quando ad interna praeverterent, Tac. A. 4, 32.—
C Entrails , intestines : boum, Veg. Vet. 3, 2.—
D Trop.: veritatis, the very depths of truth , Amm. 15, 5, 23.—Adv.: interne , inwardly , internally (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 5, 21; id. Clar. Urb. 14.