intervallum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

inter-vāllum ī, n

—Prop., the space between palisades, an intermediate space, interval, distance: pari intervallo, at an equal distance, Cs.: quo consuerat intervallo, at the usual distance, Cs.: videt magnis intervallis sequentes, L.: unius signi: ex intervallo, from a distance, L.: longo proximus intervallo, V.: ab Capsā duūm milium intervallo, S.—In time, an interval, intermission, respite: annuum regni, interregnum, L.: sine intervallo loquacitas, incessant: dolor dat intervalla, relaxes sometimes: ex tanto intervallo, L.—A pause: trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo: intervallo dicere, after a pause: in cantibus intervalla, musical pauses.—Fig., difference, dissimilitude: quantum sit interiectum inter, etc.

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