penitus

From penes, related to penetrō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.tus/, [ˈpɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni.tus/, [ˈpɛːnit̪us]

penitus (feminine penita, neuter penitum, comparative penitior, superlative penitissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. inner, inward

First/second-declension adjective.

penitus (not comparable)

1. inwardly, inside

   Synonyms: intrō, intrā

   Antonyms: forās, forīs, extrīnsecus

2. (from) within
3. thoroughly, (not) at all

   Synonyms: omnīnō, prorsus, funditus

4. deeply

   Synonym: altē

From pēnis (“tail”) +‎ -ītus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peːˈniː.tus/, [peːˈniːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈni.tus/, [peˈniːt̪us]

pēnītus (feminine pēnīta, neuter pēnītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) having a tail

First/second-declension adjective.

• “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, 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