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inter-vallum , i, n., prop.,
I.the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades.
I. Lit.: opus, pedum sexaginta, quod est inter vallum et legiones ... a quibusdam intervallum cognominatum, Hyg. de Munit. Cast. 6: “intervalla sunt spatia inter capita vallorum,” Isid. 15, 9, 2.—
B. In gen., space between, interval, distance: “trabes directae, paribus intervallis in solo collocantur. Ea autem intervalla grandibus saxis effarciuntur,” Caes. B. G. 7, 23: “pari intervallo,” at an equal distance, id. ib. 1, 43: “respiciens videt magnis intervallis sequentes,” Liv. 1, 25: “unius signi,” Cic. N. D. 2, 20: “digitorum,” Suet. Dom. 19: “sonorum,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 18: “locorum et temporum,” id. Fam. 1, 7: “ex intervallo,” from a distance, Liv. 48, 44, 8: “proximus longo intervallo insequi,” Verg. A. 5, 320: “juvenes modicis intervallis disponere,” Suet. Aug. 49: “quinque milium intervallo,” Liv. 23, 29: “mille passuum intervallo distantes,” id. 33, 1 saep.—
II. Transf.
A. Interval of time, intermission, respite: “annuum regni,” an interregnum, Liv. 1, 17: “sine intervallo loquacitas,” i. e. incessant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: “dolor si longus, levis, dat enim intervalla,” relaxes sometimes, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: “litterarum,” id. Fam. 7, 18: “intervallum jam hos dies multos fuit,” Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 28: “distinctio et aequalium et saepe variorum intervallorum numerum conficit,” Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; cf. the context. —
B. A pause: “flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est: distincta alios et interpuncta intervalla, morae, respirationesque delectant,” Cic. Or. 16: “trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,” id. ib. 57: “ut te tanto intervallo viderem,” after so long a time, id. Fam. 15, 14: “vocem paululum attenuata crebris intervallis et divisionibus oportet uti,” Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24: “tanto ex intervallo,” Quint. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 3, 38: “intervallo dicere,” after a pause, Cic. Or. 66: ex intervallo, farther on, lower down (in the discourse), Gell. 15, 12, 4: “sine intervallo cibum dare,” without loss of time, Varr. R. R. 2, 1: dare quippiam alicui per intervalla, at intervals, i. e. from time to time, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164 (al. intervalla dantur): “per intervallum adventantes,” Tac. A. 4, 73: “scelerum,” time for the perpetration of crimes, id. ib. 3.—
C. Difference, dissimilitude: “videte, quantum intervallum sit interjectum inter majorum consilia, et istorum dementiam,” Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15.—
D. An interval in music, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146.
inter-vectus,. a, um, adj. veho, carried up, raised up (post-class.): “arbores,” Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 38.
inter-vello,. vulsi (rarely velli, v. infra), vulsum, 3, v. a., to pluck, pull, or pick out here and there, to lop, prune (post-Aug.).
I. In partic., to pluck out here and there, to thin.—Of wings: “ne ego homo infelix fui qui non alas intervelli (sc. vocis),” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.—Of the beard: “isti, qui aut vellunt barbam, aut intervellunt,” Sen. Ep. 114, 20. — Of fruit and trees, to pluck here and there, to prune: “poma intervelli melius est, ut quae relicta sint, grandescant,” Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260: “arbores,” Col. 5, 10: “semina,” id. 4, 33, 3. —
II. In gen., to tear out, take away: “num aliquid ex illis intervelli, atque ex tempore dicendis inseri possit,” Quint. 12, 9, 17: “quae ita sunt natura copulata, ut mutari aut intervelli sine confusione non possint,” id. 10, 7, 5.
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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