interlino

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

inter-lĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to smear between, smear, spread between, lay at intervals.

I Lit.: caementa luto, Liv. 21, 11, 8; cf.: murus bitumine interlitus, Curt. 5, 1, 9: caseum oleo, Plin. 28, 9, 34, § 132.—

II Transf., to falsify by striking out or erasing (syn. interpolo): testamentum, Cic. Clu. 44, 125: tabulae quae se corruptas atque interlitas esse clamant, id. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: litterae lacrimis interlitae, blotted , Hier. Ep. 41 init.

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