intervenio

inter-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n., rarely a., to come between, come upon, to come in during, to intervene, interrupt (class.; syn. intercedo).

I.

Lit., constr. with dat., rarely with acc.

A.

Of persons:

sponsae pater intervenit,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 17:

quin malo abscedas: ne interveneris, quaeso, dum resipiscit,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 23:

verens ne molesti vobis interveniremus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3:

casu Germani equites interveniunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

orationi,

Liv. 1, 48:

Statius intervenit nonnullorum querelis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1.— With pro:

pro sociis,

Flor. 1, 13, 6. — With ne:

ne quid perperam fieret,

Suet. Tib. 33. —

B.

Of things.

1.

To come, be, or lie between:

medius paries intervenit,

Dig. 33, 3, 4:

interveniente Ascanio lacu,

Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148:

interveniente flumine,

id. 5, 1, 1, § 13; 4, 21, 35, § 115.—

2.

To interfere with, interrupt, put a stop to.

(α).

With dat.:

nox proelio intervenit,

Liv. 23, 18:

continuationi sermonis,

Quint. 9, 3, 23:

verboque intervenit omni plangor,

Ov. M. 11, 708; so, of an oath in conversation: quoties lascivum intervenit illud, etc., Juv. 6, 194.—

(β).

With acc. (only in Tacitus):

ludorum diebus, qui cognitionem intervenerant,

Tac. A. 3, 23.—

II.

Transf.

A.

To take place meanwhile or among other things, to happen, occur:

nulla mihi res posthac potest jam intervenire tanta, quae, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 1:

quae inter vos intervenerint, etc.,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 16:

Epicurus exiguam dicit fortunam intervenire sapienti,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19:

casus mirificus quidam intervenit,

has taken place, id. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

interveniunt motu stellarum grandines, imbres,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 208:

intervenit his cogitationibus avitum malum, regni cupido,

Liv. 1, 6.—

B.

To stand in the way of, to oppose, hinder, prevent, disturb:

Sabinum bellum coeptis intervenit,

Liv. 1, 36:

deliberationi metum pro republica intervenisse,

id. 2, 24:

vilicum intervenientem flagellāsset,

Suet. Claud. 38:

quis vestro Deus intervenit amori?

Calp. Ecl. 3, 23.—

C.

Leg. t. t.

1.

To interpose, become surety, Dig. 15, 1, 3, § 5; 50, 1, 17, § 15 al.—

2.

To conduct a suit in another ' s name, Gai. Inst. 4, 87; cf. 4, 86 init.:

pro debitore,

id. ib. 4, 182.—

D.

To interfere, intermeddle, exercise one ' s authority:

neque senatu interveniente,

Suet. Caes. 30:

praetor interveniet,

Dig. 4, 3, 23. — Pass. impers.:

si interventum est casu,

Cic. Top. 20:

ubi de improviso est interventum mulieri,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 40.