intra

Etymology

From earlier *interus (whence also interior), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”), Kurdish hindirr (inside), Persian اندرون‎ (“inner”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.traː/, [ˈɪn.traː]

Preposition

intrā with accusative

1. within; inside
2. during
3. less than

Adverb

intrā

1. within; inside.

Verb

intrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrō

References

• intra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) within four walls: intra parietes (Brut. 8. 32)
    

Alternative forms

• întra (archaic, popular)

Etymology

Modified from the original form întra, from Latin intrāre, present active infinitive of intrō (“enter”).

Verb

a intra (third-person singular present intră, past participle intrat) 1st conj.

1. to enter