interpateo

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

inter -pătĕo, 2, v. n.,

to be open between or among , to lie between , intervene (post-class.): tectum, Macr. S. 1, 18: pulmo, id. ib. 7, 15: Syria, Amm. 14, 8, 8: senos pedes inter singulas acies, Veg. Mil. 3, 15; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 9.