intimate Copy link Outline 1. fămĭliāris, e (friendly2. intĭmus (innermost; stronger than preced.)3. conjunctus (connected • intimate: 1. fămĭliāris, e (friendly: with dat.): Cic. Am. 11, 39: i. friends, f. amici, Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1: to engage in i. conversation, f. conferre sermones, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39. Very i., perfamiliaris, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, fin. (also familiarissimus, Cic. Sull. 20, 57). 2. intĭmus (innermost; stronger than preced.): to gain a person's i. friendship, alicujus in i. amicitiam pervenire, Nep. Alc. 5: very i. friendship, i. familiaritas, id. Att. 12. Freq. as subs. = a very i. friend ("bosom friend"), Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9. Join: [ex meis] intimis atque familiarissimis, Cic. Fam. 13, 27. 3. conjunctus (connected: in present sense, esp. in comp. and superl.): that we may be more i. with each other than heretofore, ut inter nos conjunctiores simus quam adhuc fuimus, Cic. Att. 14, 13, B. Phr.: to become very i. with any one, in alicujus consuetudinem penitus immergere, Cic. Clu. 13, 36 (v. intimacy): to have an i. knowledge of any subject, aliquam rem penitus perspectam cognitamque habere, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108: v. profound; and cf. foll. art. (N.B.--Not intimus in exactly this sense.)