inter-vallum, i, n., prop., the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades.
I Lit.: opus, pedum sexaginta, quod est inter vallum et legiones ... a quibusdam intervallum cognominatum, Hyg. de Munit. Cast. 6: intervalla sunt spatia inter capita vallorum, Isid. 15, 9, 2.—
B In gen., space between , interval , distance : trabes directae, paribus intervallis in solo collocantur. Ea autem intervalla grandibus saxis effarciuntur, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: pari intervallo, at an equal distance , id. ib. 1, 43: respiciens videt magnis intervallis sequentes, Liv. 1, 25: unius signi, Cic. N. D. 2, 20: digitorum, Suet. Dom. 19: sonorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18: locorum et temporum, id. Fam. 1, 7: ex intervallo, from a distance , Liv. 48, 44, 8: proximus longo intervallo insequi, Verg. A. 5, 320: juvenes modicis intervallis disponere, Suet. Aug. 49: quinque milium intervallo, Liv. 23, 29: mille passuum intervallo distantes, id. 33, 1 saep.—
II Transf.
A Interval of time , intermission , respite : annuum regni, an interregnum , Liv. 1, 17: sine intervallo loquacitas, i. e. incessant , Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: dolor si longus, levis, dat enim intervalla, relaxes sometimes , id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: litterarum, id. Fam. 7, 18: intervallum jam hos dies multos fuit, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 28: distinctio et aequalium et saepe variorum intervallorum numerum conficit, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; cf. the context. —
B A pause : flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est: distincta alios et interpuncta intervalla, morae, respirationesque delectant, Cic. Or. 16, 53: trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo, id. ib. 57, 194: ut te tanto intervallo viderem, after so long a time , id. Fam. 15, 14: vocem paululum attenuata crebris intervallis et divisionibus oportet uti, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24: tanto ex intervallo, Quint. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 3, 38: intervallo dicere, after a pause , Cic. Or. 66, 222: ex intervallo, farther on , lower down (in the discourse), Gell. 15, 12, 4: sine intervallo cibum dare, without loss of time , Varr. R. R. 2, 1: dare quippiam alicui per intervalla, at intervals , i. e. from time to time , Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164 (al. intervalla dantur): per intervallum adventantes, Tac. A. 4, 73: scelerum, time for the perpetration of crimes , id. ib. 3.—
C Difference , dissimilitude : videte, quantum intervallum sit interjectum inter majorum consilia, et istorum dementiam, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15.—
D An interval in music, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146.