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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
intercessĭo: ōnis, f. intercedo,
I a coming between, intervention.
I Lit.: testium, Gell. 14, 2, 7.—
II Transf.
A An interposition, a becoming surety for one: mea intercessio parata et est et fuit, Cic. Att. 1, 4: intercessiones pecuniarum in coitionibus candidatorum, id. Par. 6, 2.—
B A fulfilment, performance, Cod. Just. 12, 22, 1; Cod. Th. 6, 28, 4. —
C An intervention, interposition, protest on the part of a tribune of the people, who annulled a decree of the Senate by his veto: cum intercessio stultitiam intercessoris significatura sit, non rem impeditura, Cic. Agr. 2, 12: intercessionem liberam relinquere, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: remittere, Liv. 38, 54: intercessionem facere pro aliquo, Gell. 7, 19: intercessionem suam interponere, Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.
