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inter , adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].
I. Adv., in the midst, in between (poet. and rare): “dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,Val. Fl. 5, 337: “tot montibus inter diviso,id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —
II. Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.
A. Lit., in space.
1. Of position only.
2. With verbs of motion.
b. Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of: “inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,Verg. E. 2, 3: “te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,id. A. 12, 437: “dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—
B. Transf., of relations conceived as local.
2. In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).
(α). In gen.: “quos inter magna fuit contentio,Nep. Mil. 4, 4: “Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12: “certamen inter primores civitates,Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together: “quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51: “quod colloquimur inter nos,with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.: “inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: “vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s'entr'aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12: “inter se consultare,id. de Or. 2, 3, 13: “inter se amare,id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: “neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,id. Lael. 22, 82: “Di inter se diligunt,id. N. D. 1, 44, 122: “furtim inter se aspiciebant,id. Cat. 3, 5, 13: “complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,Liv. 7, 42: “haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72: “inter se nondum satis noti,Liv. 21, 39: “ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: “ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,id. Fam. 9, 3, 4: “quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context: “manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch: “Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,Dict. Cret. 5, 14: “conferti inter se,id. 2, 46.—
(γ). Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous: “nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74: “quod inter nos liceat dicere,id. Att. 2, 4: “quod inter nos sit,but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —
(δ). With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.): “haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,Liv. 6, 34, 5: “inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,id. 4, 18, 1: “credula fama inter gaudentes,Tac. H. 1, 34: “more inter veteres recepto,id. ib. 2, 85.—
3. Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.
b. Esp.: inter paucos, etc., among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially: “pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.: “sternutamento utilis inter pauca,id. 24, 11, 58, § 97: “pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,Liv. 22, 7; cf.: “inter paucos disertus,Quint. 10, 3, 13: “inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,Tac. A. 16, 18: “claritudine paucos inter senum regum,id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so, “inter cuncta,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96: “inter omnia,Curt. 3, 3, 18: “inter cetera,Liv. 37, 12.—
4. In some idiomatic phrases.
a. Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand: “ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands: “inter manus domum ablatus,Liv. 3, 13: “inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,Curt. 8, 2, 39: “inter manus auferri,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: “inter manus meas crevit,under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12: “manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—
C. Of time.
a. Between two dates or periods specified: “dies XLV. inter binos ludos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—
b. During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at: “quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61: “omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.: “qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68: “inter ipsum pugnae tempus,Liv. 36, 20: “inter noctem lux orta,id. 32, 29: “qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,Gell. 9, 4.—
c. Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while: “haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.: “illuseras heri inter scyphos,id. Fam. 7, 22: “inter fulmina et tonitrua,id. Phil. 5, 6, 15: “promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,Tac. A. 2, 82: “inter initia,at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—
d. During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding: “nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11: “utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,Tac. H. 3, 40: “senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,id. Agr. 32; cf.: “ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,id. H. 1, 1.—
D. In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.
a. Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —
b. At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—
c. Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.
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