I.to tear asunder, break down; to separate, interrupt (class.).
I. Lit.: “pontem,” Caes. B. G. 2, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 4: “aggerem,” Caes. B. G. 7, 24: “venas,” i. e. to open, Tac. A. 15, 35. —
II. Transf., to break or cut off, to separate, part, divide, hinder, interrupt, disturb: “Chalcis arto interscinditur freto, Liv 28, 7: ruina interscindit aquas,” Sen. Q. N. 3, 11: “vinculum animi atque amoris,” Gell. 12, 1, 21: “laetitiam,” Sen. Ep. 72, 5.