I.an interruption, intermission, interval, pause, respite: intercapedo, tempus interceptum, cum scilicet mora est ad capiendum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.: “intercapedinem scribendi facere,” Cic. Fam. 16, 21: “molestiae,” id. Fin. 1, 18: “jurisdictionis,” Suet. Vesp. 10; “with remissio, opp. continuatio,” Plin. Ep. 4, 9.—Of space (rare): “inter circulos universos quid interstitii vel spatii intercapedo naturalis immiserit,” Mart. Cap. 8, § 837. —In nom. sing. the word is said to have had an obscene signif., Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 46.
inter-căpēdo , ĭnis, f. capio,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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