indūtĭae (less correctly -cĭae), ārum, f. [for indu-itiae, from indu for in and ire, a going into rest or retirement; cf. Aur. ap. Gell. 1, 25, 17; hence], a cessation of hostilities, a truce, armistice (class.).
I Lit.: indutiae sunt belli feriae, Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 25, 2; cf. the context: cum triginta dierum essent cum hoste pactae indutiae, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: biennii, Liv. 10, 5, 12: indutias facere, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 20: inire aequis condicionibus, Plin. Pan. 11, 5: petere, Nep. Ages. 2: conservare, id. ib.: tollere, to put an end to , Liv. 30, 4, 8: agitare, Sall. J. 31, 4: per indutias, during the truce , Liv. 30, 37, 6.—
II Transf., a cessation , pause (ante- and post-class.): immo indutiae parumper fiant, si quid vis loqui, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 233: delay in paying a tax , Cassiod. Var. 5, 34: noctis indutiae, the stillness of night , Ap. Met. 2, 26, 1. —Of a truce in a lovers’ quarrel: injuriae, suspiciones, inimicitiae, indutiae, Bellum, pax rursum, Ter. Eun. 60.