intus, adv. [1. in and the abl. termination -tus; Sanscr. -tas; cf. ἐντός].
I On the inside , within : ibi intro atque intus subducam ratiunculam, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 89: vide sitne istaec nostra intus, id. Mil. 2, 6, 55: intus insidiae sunt: intus inclusum periculum est: intus est hostis, Cic. Cat. 2, 5: estne frater intus? Ter. Ad. 569: intus domique, Cic. de Sen. 4, 12: ea, quae sunt intus in corpore, id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; cf.: intus in mundo, id. Univ. 10: intus in animis, id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; so, intus in cella Fortis Fortunae, Liv. 27, 11, 3: te intus et in cute novi, Pers. 3, 30: extra et intus hostem habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 69.— Poet., with abl.: membris intus, Lucr. 4, 1091: tali intus templo, Verg. A. 7, 192.— With gen.: aedium, i.e. in the house , Ap. Met. 8, 29, 21; adductos intus agere equos, closer to the goal , Ov. F. 6, 586; cf.: intus agere lacrimas, to moderate , Albin. Eleg. 114.—Prov.: intus canere, v. Aspendius.—
II To the inside , into , within , in (for the usual intro, cf. Quint. 1, 5, 50): intus novam nuptam deduxi viā, rectā, into the house , Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 7 dub. (al. intro): die, me orare ut aliquis intus prodeat, id. Cist. 3, 8: quo simul atque intus est itum, Caes. B. C. 3, 26 (al. intro): intus in artus, Lucr. 2, 711; Ov. M. 10, 457; Tac. H. 1, 35: pollice intus inclinato, inwards ( = introrsus), Quint. 11, 3, 99; so Cels. 8, 4. —
III From within = ἔνδοθεν, ex interiore parte (mostly anteclass.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 196): tu in tus pateram proferto foras, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 138: evocato aliquem intus ad te, id. Most. 3, 1, 145; id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Mil. 4, 4, 33; 49; cf.: intus evocato aliquem foras, id. Ps. 2, 2, 10; and: argentum intus efferre foras, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 62: obsera otium intus, Ter. Eun. 763: quicquid spinosum est et intus eminet, Cels. 8, 4.