in vicem

invĭcem, in MSS. and edd. often separately, in vĭcem ( poet. in tmesi:

inque vicem,

Verg. G. 4, 166; id. A. 12, 502; Ov. M: 6, 631; 9, 525; id. Her. 17, 180; Stat. Th. 2, 149; 7, 817 al.), adv. [in-vicis].

I.

Prop., by turns, in turn, one after another, alternately (class., but not in Cic.;

syn. vicissim): hi rursus in vicem anno post in armis sunt: illi domi remanent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 5; 7, 85, 5; Hirt. B. G. 8, 6, 4:

defatigatis invicem integri succedunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 85:

cum timor atque ira invicem sententias variassent,

Liv. 2, 57:

Etruscos, multis invicem casibus victos victoresque,

id. 2, 44:

regio invicem a suis atque hoste vexata,

Curt. 3, 8, 8:

periculum invicem metuens,

Suet. Aug. 10:

invicem eum odero,

id. Tib. 28:

praebens invicem aurem,

id. Calig. 22:

invicem alternis diebus modo aqua, modo vinum,

Cels. 3, 2:

invicem modo sedere, modo ingredi,

id. 4, 24.—

II.

Transf., one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally (mostly post-Aug.;

syn. inter se): ibi se cognoscunt fratres invicem,

Plaut. Men. Arg. 10:

Aricini atque Ardeates multis invicem cladibus fessi,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

adhortatio invicem totam invasit aciem,

id. 6, 24, 7; 9, 3, 4; 41, 3, 3:

multum sanguinem invicem hausimus,

Curt. 4, 14, 17: invicem [p. 995] amare, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 2; 7, 20, 7:

vixerunt mira concordia, per mutuam caritatem et invicem se anteponendo,

Tac. Agr. 6 init.:

invicem se occidere,

Eutr. 1, 10; Just. 11, 9, 13; cf.:

invicem inter se gratantes,

Liv. 9, 43, 17:

haec invicem obstant,

Quint. 4, 5, 13:

homines, manibus invicem apprehensis, gradum firmant,

id. 9, 4, 129:

invicem ardentius diligere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7:

invicem se ad amorem exacuere,

id. ib. 3, 7 fin.:

invicem permutatae O atque U,

Quint. 1, 4, 16:

cuncta invicem hostilia,

i. e. on both sides, Tac. H. 3, 46.—

B.

Esp.

1.

Ad invicem (post-class.), instead of, Veg. Vet. 2, 7 fin. —

2.

Ad invicem, mutually:

caritatem illorum ad invicem,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 25, 32; ib. Luc. 2, 15; ib. Gen. 42, 21; so,

in invicem,

ib. Joan. 6, 43; ib. Rom. 1, 27:

ab invicem,

ib. Matt. 25, 32; ib. Dan. 13, 14:

pro invicem,

ib. 1 Cor. 12, 25.