inter-lŭo, 3, v. a.
I To wash while doing any thing : manus ( between the acts of a sacrifice ), Cato R. R. 132.—
II Of rivers, to wash under , to flow between : pontus ... arva et urbes Litore diductas angusto interluit aestu, Verg. A. 3, 419: quosque secans infaustum interluit Allia nomen, id. ib. 7, 717: saxaque interluens unda, Curt. 4, 3, 6: quantum interluit fretum? (al. interfluit), Liv. 41, 23: quod Capreas et Surrentum interluit fretum, Tac. A. 6, 1: (Nereus) abscissos interluit aequore montes, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 143; Amm. 23, 6, 70.— Pass. : urbs interluitur Euphrate, Sol. 56, 2.