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inter-cĭpĭo , cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. capio, lit., to take away between, i. e.
I.to seize on the passage before arrival at the destined place, to intercept.
I. Lit.: “tun redimes me, si me hostes interceperint?” Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93: “venenum,” to take the poison intended for another, Cic. Clu. 60: “litteras,” id. Att. 1, 13, 2; cf.: “litterae interceptae,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3; id. Att. 10, 8; Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Curt. 4, 10, 6: “epistulam,” id. 6, 9, 13: “magnum numerum jumentorum atque hominum,” Caes. B. C. 1, 55: “commeatus,” Liv. 36, 3: “aliquis ab suis interceptus,” cut off, id. 29, 9: “hostes discretos,” Tac. H. 4, 75: in sublime jactari sagoque intercipi (be held fast) ne tellurem attingat, Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52: “interceptae e publico pecuniae,” Tac. A. 4, 45: “terga caput tangunt, colla intercepta videntur,” to be wanting, Ov. M. 6, 379: quam (hastam) medius Rhoeteus intercipit, comes in the way of, i. e. is struck or killed by, Verg. A. 10, 402.—
II. Transf.
A. To interrupt, hinder, cut off, preoccupy, preclude: “medium iter,” Liv. 25, 39, 2 (al. intersaepto): “opportuna loca,” id. 9, 43, 3: “hostiles ingressus,” Tac. A. 15, 3: “medios sermones,” Quint. 6, 4, 11: “pedestre iter,” Curt. 4, 2, 9: “usum aurium intercipiente fremitu,” id. 4, 13, 38.—
B. To take away, rob, steal: “aliquid ab aliquo,” Liv. 3, 71: “aliquid alicui,” Ov. P. 4, 7, 25; Plin. Pan. 75: “veram laudem,” Phaedr. 4, 12, 2: “commentarios, quorum tamen pars maxima intercepta dicitur,” copied from other sources, Suet. Gram. 3.—
C. Of death, to snatch away, carry off: “si me fata intercepissent, Quint. prooem. 1, 6: apes saepe morbis intercipiuntur,” Col. 9, 3: “rex mortalitate interceptus,” Plin. Ep. 10, 50; 6, 25, 4: “interceptus veneno,” Tac. Agr. 43; id. A. 3, 12; Suet. Caes. 20 fin.: “scelere Pisonis,” id. ib. 2, 71: “a manu gladiatorum,” id. Aug. 14 fin.: “ceterum interceptus quoque magnum sibi vindicat locum,” Quint. 10, 1, 121: “neque ob aliud interceptus, quam, etc.,” Tac. A. 2, 82: “Theophilum atrox interceperat casus,” Amm. 14, 7, 8.
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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