inter-sĕco, sĕcui, sectum, 1, v. a.,
I to cut asunder , separate , divide , intersect (postclass.): Tiberis media intersecans moenia, Amm. 29, 6, 17: mediam paludem, id. 15, 4, 4: aquarum ductibus intersectis, id. 21, 12, 17: terras, id. 23, 6, 13: telluris complexum intersecat (Nilus) multitudine fluviorum, Mart. Cap. 6, § 626.—
II Trop., to fix in channels , impress deeply : ipsa pronuntiatione eas res ... inserere atque insecare in animis auditorum, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.