interseco

inter-sĕco, sĕcui, sectum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, separate, divide, intersect (postclass.):

Tiberis media intersecans moenia,

Amm. 29, 6, 17:

mediam paludem,

id. 15, 4, 4:

aquarum ductibus intersectis,

id. 21, 12, 17:

terras,

id. 23, 6, 13:

telluris complexum intersecat (Nilus) multitudine fluviorum,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 626.—

II.

Trop., to fix in channels, impress deeply:

ipsa pronuntiatione eas res... inserere atque insecare in animis auditorum,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.