interior
From the earlier *interus (whence also intrā), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include the Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and the Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”).
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈte.ri.or/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈte.ri.or/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]
interior (neuter interius); third declension
Although this adjective is the comparative form of inter, there is no positive form. The word inter is an adverb and preposition, not an adjective.
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | interior | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |
| Genitive | interiōris | interiōrum | |||
| Dative | interiōrī | interiōribus | |||
| Accusative | interiōrem | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |
| Ablative | interiōre | interiōribus | |||
| Vocative | interior | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |