inter-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.,
to cull or pluck off here and there (poet. and postclass.): (in tmesi) uncis Carpendae manibus frondes, interque legendae, Verg. G. 2, 366: poma, Pall. Febr. 25, 16; id. Jun. 5, 1.
inter-legō —, —, ere, to pluck here and there, cull.—In tmesis: Carpendae frondes, interque legenda...
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