interscindo

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.