Intra
Preposition
used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents
are used to mark the vowels' length.
Non figurative usage
1. Space: within,
inside
-
Imperator exercitum intra castra
tenet.
The commander
is holding the army inside the camp.
-
Antonius ferrum intra vestem abdidit.
Antonius
hid the sword inside his garment.
2. Time: during,
for
-
intra vicesimum annum during
twenty years
Figurative usage
Limitation: under
-
intra legem
in
the limits of law
-
se intra silentium tenere
not to speak about
-
intra verba peccare to
do wrong in words (only)
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