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interscindo

interscindo, to tear asunder, break down, divide, interrupt

inter-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to tear asunder, break down; to separate, interrupt (class.).
  • I Lit.: pontem, Caes. B. G. 2, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 4: aggerem, Caes. B. G. 7, 24: venas, i.e. to open, Tac. A. 15, 35. —
  • II Transf., to break or cut off, to separate, part, divide, hinder, interrupt, disturb: Chalcis arto interscinditur freto, Liv. 28, 7: ruina interscindit aquas, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11: vinculum animi atque amoris, Gell. 12, 1, 21: laetitiam, Sen. Ep. 72, 5.

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