intercurro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

inter-curro, curri, rsum, 3, v. n. and a. (tmesis in Lucr. 5, 1374: inter plaga currere).

I Neutr. , to run between.

A Lit.

1 In gen.: latitudine intercurrentis freti, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—

2 In partic., to hasten in the meantime anywhere: indicto delectu in diem certam, ipse interim Veios intercurrit, Liv. 5, 19, 4.—

B Trop.

1 To run along with , mingle with , be among : intercurrit quaedam distantia formis, Lucr. 2, 373: his laboriosis exercitationibus dolor intercurrit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: alterum genus intercurrit nonnumquam, etc., Auct. Her. 1, 8, 12: gemma candida intercurrentibus sanguineis venis, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162: quibusdam intercurrit umbra, a dark vein , id. 37, 5, 18, § 67.—

2 To step between , to intercede : pugnatur acerrime: qui intercurrerent, misimus tres principes civitatis, Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17.—

II Act. , to run through , traverse (late Lat.; for percurrebat is the true reading, Liv. 44, 2, 12): intercurso spatio maris, Amm. 15, 10, 26.

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