interrumpo

inter-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (in tmesi:

inter quasi rumpere,

Lucr. 5, 287:

inter quasi rupta,

id. 5, 299 ), v. a., to break apart or asunder, break to pieces, break up (class., esp. in part. pass. ).

I.

Lit.:

contingere idem terrae necesse est, ut nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

interrupta et impervia itinera,

Tac. A. 3, 31:

acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

ignes,

scattered about, here and there, Verg. A. 9, 239.—Of bridges, etc.:

pontem fluminis,

to destroy, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 1, 48; id. B. G. 7, 34; Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; Liv. 2, 10; Just. 2, 13, 5.—Of the ranks of an army, esp. the enemy's line:

interrupta acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

extremum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64:

aciem hostium,

Liv. 44, 41. —

II.

Trop., to break off, interrupt:

orationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

iter amoris et officii,

Cic. Att. 4, 2:

ordinem,

Col. 11, 2, 25:

sermonem,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 25:

contextum,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

querelas,

Ov. M. 11, 420:

possessionem,

Dig. 41, 3, 5:

somnos,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

ni medici adventus nos interrupisset,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 1:

somnum,

Suet. Aug. 78.—Hence, interruptus, a, um, P. a., interrupted:

officium,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8:

consuetudo,

id. ib. 15, 14:

voces,

id. Cael. 24:

dictio silentio,

Quint. 9, 2, 71:

sermo,

Tac. H. 2, 41. — Adv.: interruptē, interruptedly:

narrare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.