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|lshtext=<b>inter</b>: adv., and prep. [[with]] acc. [[kindred]] to in, [[intra]]; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under.<br /><b>I</b> Adv., in the [[midst]], in [[between]] ([[poet]]. and [[rare]]): dumque pii petit ora patris stetit [[arduus]] [[inter]] [[pontus]], Val. Fl. 5, 337: tot montibus [[inter]] diviso, id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —<br /><b>II</b> Prep., [[with]] acc., [[between]], belwixt, [[among]], [[amid]], surrounded by.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., in [[space]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[position]] [[only]].<br /> <b>a</b> Referring to [[two]] places or objects, [[between]]: qui ([[mons]] Jura) est [[inter]] Sequanos et Helvetios, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: cum [[inter]] me et [[Brundisium]] [[Caesar]] esset, Cic. Att. 9, 2: [[inter]] Padum [[atque]] [[Alpes]], Liv. 5, 35: [[ager]] Tarquiniorum, qui [[inter]] urbem ac Tiberim fuit, id. 2, 5: [[locus]] [[inter]] duos lucos, id. 1, 8, 5: [[apud]] [[Artemisium]] [[inter]] Euboeam continentemque terram, id. 2, 5, 2; so, [[inter]] haec maria [[Asia]], Curt. 3, 1, 13.—<br /> <b>b</b> Referring to [[more]] [[than]] [[two]] places or objects, [[among]], in the [[midst]] of: [[inter]] hostium [[tela]] versari, Cic. de Or. 1, 46: [[inter]] multos saucios spe incertae vitae [[relictus]], Liv. 2, 17, 4: rex [[inter]] primos constiterat, Curt. 5, 3, 9: [[inter]] multitudinem, Liv. 22, 13, 2: [[inter]] lignarios, id. 35, 41, 10: repertae [[inter]] spolia catenae, Tac. A. 2, 18: vicos aut [[inter]] vias manere, Suet. Caes. 39: [[inter]] ingentes solitudines, Sall. J 89, 4: [[inter]] deserta ferarum Lustra domosque, Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, [[even]] [[with]] a [[noun]] in the <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, in the [[midst]] of, surrounded by: erat [[inter]] ceteram planitiem [[mons]], Sall. J. 92, 5: tibicines [[inter]] exercitum positi, Gell. 1, 11, 3: [[inter]] caedem [[aquila]], Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.: [[inter]] ceteram praedam, Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10: [[inter]] purpuram [[atque]] [[aurum]], id. 9, 17, 16. —<br /> <b>2</b> With verbs of [[motion]].<br /> <b>a</b> Between, [[through]], [[among]]: [[inter]] medias stationes hostium erupere, Liv. 35, 11: [[acies]] [[inter]] bina [[castra]] procedunt, id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33: [[inter]] oppositas classes transmisit, Suet. Caes. 58: spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion [[medius]] [[inter]] duces, Curt. 7, 2, 23: medios [[inter]] hostes [[Londinium]] perrexit, Tac. A. 14, 33.—<br /> <b>b</b> Pregn., including [[motion]] to and [[position]] [[between]] or [[among]] things mentioned, [[among]], [[into]] the [[midst]] of: [[inter]] densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat, Verg. E. 2, 3: te mea [[dextera]] magna [[inter]] praemia ducet, id. A. 12, 437: [[dico]] te priore nocte venisse [[inter]] falcarios in Laecae domum, [[among]] the [[scythe]]-makers, [[into]] the [[street]] of the [[scythe]]-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., of relations conceived as [[local]].<br /> <b>1</b> In [[discrimination]] ([[doubt]], [[choice]], etc.), [[between]] [[two]] or [[more]] objects: judicium [[inter]] deas [[tres]], Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.: [[inter]] Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare, id. de Or. 1, 39, 176: [[inter]] has sententias dijudicare, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23: [[inter]] diversas opiniones [[electio]], Quint. prooem. 2: [[discrimen]] [[inter]] gratiosos cives [[atque]] fortes, id. Balb. 21, 49: [[inter]] [[optime]] valere et gravissime aegrotare [[nihil]] [[prorsus]] interesse, id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: qui [[bellum]] et pacem [[inter]] dubitabant, Tac. A. 12, 32: trepidare [[inter]] [[scelus]] metumque, id. H. 3, 39: [[inter]] pugnae fugaeque [[consilium]], Liv. 1, 27.—So, [[with]] [[inter]] [[repeated]]: ut [[nihil]] [[inter]] te [[atque]] [[inter]] quadrupedem [[aliquam]] putes interesse, Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30: [[quid]] intersit [[inter]] popularem civem et [[inter]] constantem, severum et gravem, id. Lael. 25, 95.—<br /> <b>2</b> In expressing [[any]] [[relation]] [[which]] connects [[two]] or [[more]] persons, conceived as [[between]] or [[among]] [[them]] ([[strife]], [[rivalry]], [[friendship]], [[intercourse]], etc.).<br /> <b>(a)</b> In gen.: quos [[inter]] magna fuit [[contentio]], Nep. Mil. 4, 4: [[Nestor]] componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et [[inter]] Atriden, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12: [[certamen]] [[inter]] primores civitates, Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., [[with]] pronouns, to [[express]] all [[reciprocal]] relations, [[among]], [[with]], or [[between]] one [[another]]; [[mutually]], [[together]]: [[quasi]] [[nunc]] non norimus nos [[inter]] nos, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51: [[quod]] colloquimur [[inter]] nos, [[with]] one [[another]], id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.: [[inter]] nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus, id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: [[vobis]] [[inter]] vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant [[inter]] se, [[love]] one [[another]] ([[like]] the Fr. s'entr'aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12: [[inter]] se consultare, id. de Or. 2, 3, 13: [[inter]] se [[amare]], id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: [[neque]] [[solum]] se colent [[inter]] se ac [[diligent]], id. Lael. 22, 82: Di [[inter]] se diligunt, id. N. D. 1, 44, 122: [[furtim]] [[inter]] se aspiciebant, id. Cat. 3, 5, 13: complecti [[inter]] se lacrimantes milites coepisse, Liv. 7, 42: haec [[inter]] se cum repugnent, [[plerique]] non vident, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72: [[inter]] se [[nondum]] [[satis]] noti, Liv. 21, 39: [[ratio]] et [[oratio]] conciliat homines [[inter]] se, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: ne nostra [[nobiscum]] aut [[inter]] nos [[cessatio]] vituperetur, id. Fam. 9, 3, 4: quae res eos in magno diuturnoque [[bello]] [[inter]] se habuit, Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the [[reciprocal]] [[relation]] [[being]] [[sufficiently]] expressed by the context: [[manus]] conserentis [[inter]] se Romanos [[exercitus]], Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch: [[Ulixes]] cum Ajace [[summa]] vi contendere [[inter]] se, Dict. Cret. 5, 14: conferti [[inter]] se, id. 2, 46.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> So of things: ita effici complexiones atomorum [[inter]] se, [[mutual]], [[reciprocal]], Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19: colles duos [[inter]] se propinquos occupat, [[near]] one [[another]], Sall. J. 98, 3: [[haud]] [[procul]] [[inter]] se erant, id. ib. 41, 2: [[multum]] [[inter]] se [[distant]] istae facultates, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215: res [[inter]] se similes, Quint. 9, 2, 51: [[inter]] se [[dissimilis]], id. 9, 4, 17.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Of a [[common]] [[privacy]], [[secrecy]], etc.: [[inter]] nos, [[between]] or [[among]] [[ourselves]], [[confidentially]], [[like]] the Fr. entre nous: nec [[consulto]] [[dicis]] [[occulte]], sed [[quod]] [[inter]] nos liceat, ne tu [[quidem]] intellegis, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74: [[quod]] [[inter]] nos liceat dicere, id. Att. 2, 4: [[quod]] [[inter]] nos [[sit]], [[but]] [[let]] [[that]] be [[between]] [[ourselves]], Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —<br /> <b>(d)</b> With nouns denoting a [[multitude]] of persons, [[like]] [[apud]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): haudquaquam [[inter]] id [[genus]] [[contemptor]] habebatur, Liv. 6, 34, 5: [[inter]] hostes variae fuere sententiae, id. 4, 18, 1: credula [[fama]] [[inter]] gaudentes, Tac. H. 1, 34: [[more]] [[inter]] veteres [[recepto]], id. ib. 2, 85.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of a [[class]] of persons or things to [[which]] the [[subject]] is referred.<br /> <b>a</b> In gen., [[among]]: homines [[inter]] suos nobiles, Cic. Fl. 22, 52: [[inter]] suos et [[honestus]] et [[nobilis]], id. Clu. 5, 11: in oratoribus [[vero]] admirabile est, [[quantum]] [[inter]] omnes [[unus]] excellat, id. Or. 2, 6: [[inter]] philosophos ([[Xenophon]]) reddendus est, Quint. 10, 1, 37: [[ille]] [[Croesus]], [[inter]] reges opulentissimus, Sen. Contr. 2, 9: [[Borysthenes]] [[inter]] Scythiae amnes amoenissimus, Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. [[with]] [[sup]]., [[inter]] and acc. [[take]] the [[place]] of a gen.: honestissimus [[inter]] suos numerabatur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: plurimum [[inter]] eos valere, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4: maximum [[imperium]] [[inter]] finitimos, Liv. 5, 3, 10: [[inter]] Atheniensīs [[longe]] clarissimi, Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.<br /> <b>b</b> Esp.: [[inter]] paucos, etc., [[among]] [[few]], i. e. [[among]] the [[few]] [[select]] ones, [[eminently]], [[especially]]: pingunt et vestes in Aegypto [[inter]] pauca mirabili genere, Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.: sternutamento [[utilis]] [[inter]] pauca, id. 24, 11, 58, § 97: [[pugna]] [[inter]] paucas memorata populi Romani [[clades]], Liv. 22, 7; cf.: [[inter]] paucos [[disertus]], Quint. 10, 3, 13: [[inter]] paucos familiarium Neroni [[assumptus]] est, Tac. A. 16, 18: claritudine paucos [[inter]] senum regum, id. ib. 11, 10; so, [[inter]] alios: judicatur [[inter]] alios omnes [[beatus]], qui in [[proelio]] profuderit animam, [[among]] all others to be noticed, i. e. [[especially]], in the [[highest]] [[degree]], Amm. 2, 3, 6; so, [[inter]] cuncta, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96: [[inter]] omnia, Curt. 3, 3, 18: [[inter]] [[cetera]], Liv. 37, 12.—<br /> <b>c</b> In judic. lang., t. t.: [[inter]] sicarios, on the [[charge]] of [[assassination]]: cum [[praetor]] quaestionem [[inter]] sicarios exercuisset, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.: in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo [[inter]] sicarios quaeritur, id. Inv. 2, 20, 60: longo [[intervallo]] judicium [[inter]] sicarios hoc [[primum]] committitur, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11: [[sexcenti]] sunt, qui [[inter]] sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant, id. ib. 32, 90: si ostenderis, [[quomodo]] sis eos [[inter]] sicarios defensurus, id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—<br /> <b>4</b> In [[some]] idiomatic phrases.<br /> <b>a</b> Inter [[manus]], [[within]] [[reach]], i. e. [[close]] at [[hand]]: [[ante]] oculos interque [[manus]] sunt omnia [[vestras]], Verg. A. 11, 311; also, [[upon]] or in the hands: [[inter]] [[manus]] domum [[ablatus]], Liv. 3, 13: [[inter]] quas ([[manus]]) [[collapsus]] extinguitur, Curt. 8, 2, 39: [[inter]] [[manus]] auferri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: [[inter]] [[manus]] meas crevit, under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12: [[manus]] [[inter]] maestorumque ora parentum, [[before]] [[their]] faces and [[within]] [[their]] [[reach]], Verg. A. 2, 681.—<br /> <b>b</b> Inter viam, vias, on the [[way]]: dum rus eo, [[coepi]] [[egomet]] [[mecum]] [[inter]] vias, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43: si se [[inter]] viam obtulerit, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[time]].<br /> <b>a</b> Between [[two]] dates or periods specified: [[dies]] XLV. [[inter]] binos ludos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—<br /> <b>b</b> During, in the [[course]] of, [[within]]; for [[which]], in English, we [[sometimes]] [[use]] by or at: [[quot]] prandia [[inter]] continuum perdidi [[triennium]], Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61: omnia agentur, quae [[inter]] [[decem]] annos [[nefarie]] flagitioseque facta sunt, Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.: qui [[inter]] annos tot [[unus]] [[inventus]] [[sit]], quem, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68: [[inter]] ipsum pugnae [[tempus]], Liv. 36, 20: [[inter]] noctem lux orta, id. 32, 29: qui [[plus]] cernant oculis per noctem [[quam]] [[inter]] diem, Gell. 9, 4.—<br /> <b>c</b> Freq., [[with]] substt., to [[denote]] an [[act]] performed at a [[certain]] [[time]], in the [[course]] of, [[while]]: haec [[inter]] cenam Tironi dictavi, at [[table]], Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.: illuseras [[heri]] [[inter]] scyphos, id. Fam. 7, 22: [[inter]] fulmina et tonitrua, id. Phil. 5, 6, 15: promptior [[inter]] tenebras [[affirmatio]], Tac. A. 2, 82: [[inter]] initia, at the [[beginning]], Cels. 3, 25.—<br /> <b>d</b> During, and [[hence]] under the circumstances described, i. e. in [[spite]] of, [[notwithstanding]]: nobis [[inter]] has turbas [[senatus]] [[tamen]] [[frequens]] flagitavit triumphum, [[amid]], in [[spite]] of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11: utrumque [[consilium]] aspernatus, [[quod]] [[inter]] ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur, Tac. H. 3, 40: senum coloniae [[inter]] [[male]] parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia, id. Agr. 32; cf.: ita neutris [[cura]] posteritatis [[inter]] infensos vel obnoxios, id. H. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>e</b> Inter haec, [[inter]] quae, [[meanwhile]], [[during]] this [[time]]: = [[interea]], [[inter]] haec major [[alius]] [[terror]], in the [[mean]] [[time]], Liv. 2, 24; cf.: [[inter]] haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites, id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63: [[inter]] quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc., Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10: [[inter]] quae unctione uti [[licet]], Cels. 4, 2, 3.— So [[with]] gerunds and gerundives: [[inter]] agendum, at, [[while]], Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10: [[inter]] disceptandum, id. 12, 7, 6: [[inter]] res agendas, Suet. Caes. 45.—<br /> <b>D</b> In [[composition]] its [[final]] r is assimilated in [[intellego]] and its derivatives.<br /> <b>a</b> Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —<br /> <b>b</b> At intervals, from [[time]] to [[time]]; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—<br /> <b>c</b> Under, [[down]], to the [[bottom]]; as, interire, interficere. | |||
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v. trans.
P. and V. θάπτειν, γῇ κρύπτειν (Thuc. 2, 34), P. κατα θάπτειν, Ar. and V. τυμβεύειν; see bury.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inter: adv., and prep. with acc. kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under.
I Adv., in the midst, in between (poet. and rare): dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus, Val. Fl. 5, 337: tot montibus inter diviso, id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —
II Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.
A Lit., in space.
1 Of position only.
a Referring to two places or objects, between: qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset, Cic. Att. 9, 2: inter Padum atque Alpes, Liv. 5, 35: ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit, id. 2, 5: locus inter duos lucos, id. 1, 8, 5: apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram, id. 2, 5, 2; so, inter haec maria Asia, Curt. 3, 1, 13.—
b Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of: inter hostium tela versari, Cic. de Or. 1, 46: inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus, Liv. 2, 17, 4: rex inter primos constiterat, Curt. 5, 3, 9: inter multitudinem, Liv. 22, 13, 2: inter lignarios, id. 35, 41, 10: repertae inter spolia catenae, Tac. A. 2, 18: vicos aut inter vias manere, Suet. Caes. 39: inter ingentes solitudines, Sall. J 89, 4: inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque, Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the <number opt="n">sing.</number>, in the midst of, surrounded by: erat inter ceteram planitiem mons, Sall. J. 92, 5: tibicines inter exercitum positi, Gell. 1, 11, 3: inter caedem aquila, Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.: inter ceteram praedam, Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10: inter purpuram atque aurum, id. 9, 17, 16. —
2 With verbs of motion.
a Between, through, among: inter medias stationes hostium erupere, Liv. 35, 11: acies inter bina castra procedunt, id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33: inter oppositas classes transmisit, Suet. Caes. 58: spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces, Curt. 7, 2, 23: medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit, Tac. A. 14, 33.—
b Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of: inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat, Verg. E. 2, 3: te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet, id. A. 12, 437: dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum, among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—
B Transf., of relations conceived as local.
1 In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects: judicium inter deas tres, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare, id. de Or. 1, 39, 176: inter has sententias dijudicare, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23: inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, id. Balb. 21, 49: inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse, id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant, Tac. A. 12, 32: trepidare inter scelus metumque, id. H. 3, 39: inter pugnae fugaeque consilium, Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated: ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse, Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30: quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem, id. Lael. 25, 95.—
2 In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).
(a) In gen.: quos inter magna fuit contentio, Nep. Mil. 4, 4: Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12: certamen inter primores civitates, Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together: quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51: quod colloquimur inter nos, with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.: inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus, id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s'entr'aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12: inter se consultare, id. de Or. 2, 3, 13: inter se amare, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent, id. Lael. 22, 82: Di inter se diligunt, id. N. D. 1, 44, 122: furtim inter se aspiciebant, id. Cat. 3, 5, 13: complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse, Liv. 7, 42: haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72: inter se nondum satis noti, Liv. 21, 39: ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur, id. Fam. 9, 3, 4: quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit, Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context: manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus, Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch: Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se, Dict. Cret. 5, 14: conferti inter se, id. 2, 46.—
(b) So of things: ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se, mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19: colles duos inter se propinquos occupat, near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3: haud procul inter se erant, id. ib. 41, 2: multum inter se distant istae facultates, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215: res inter se similes, Quint. 9, 2, 51: inter se dissimilis, id. 9, 4, 17.—
(g) Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous: nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74: quod inter nos liceat dicere, id. Att. 2, 4: quod inter nos sit, but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —
(d) With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.): haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur, Liv. 6, 34, 5: inter hostes variae fuere sententiae, id. 4, 18, 1: credula fama inter gaudentes, Tac. H. 1, 34: more inter veteres recepto, id. ib. 2, 85.—
3 Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.
a In gen., among: homines inter suos nobiles, Cic. Fl. 22, 52: inter suos et honestus et nobilis, id. Clu. 5, 11: in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat, id. Or. 2, 6: inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est, Quint. 10, 1, 37: ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus, Sen. Contr. 2, 9: Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus, Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.: honestissimus inter suos numerabatur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: plurimum inter eos valere, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4: maximum imperium inter finitimos, Liv. 5, 3, 10: inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi, Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.
b Esp.: inter paucos, etc., among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially: pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere, Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.: sternutamento utilis inter pauca, id. 24, 11, 58, § 97: pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades, Liv. 22, 7; cf.: inter paucos disertus, Quint. 10, 3, 13: inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est, Tac. A. 16, 18: claritudine paucos inter senum regum, id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so, inter cuncta, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96: inter omnia, Curt. 3, 3, 18: inter cetera, Liv. 37, 12.—
c In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination: cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.: in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur, id. Inv. 2, 20, 60: longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11: sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant, id. ib. 32, 90: si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus, id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—
4 In some idiomatic phrases.
a Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand: ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras, Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands: inter manus domum ablatus, Liv. 3, 13: inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur, Curt. 8, 2, 39: inter manus auferri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: inter manus meas crevit, under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12: manus inter maestorumque ora parentum, before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—
b Inter viam, vias, on the way: dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43: si se inter viam obtulerit, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —
C Of time.
a Between two dates or periods specified: dies XLV. inter binos ludos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—
b During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at: quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61: omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt, Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.: qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68: inter ipsum pugnae tempus, Liv. 36, 20: inter noctem lux orta, id. 32, 29: qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem, Gell. 9, 4.—
c Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while: haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi, at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.: illuseras heri inter scyphos, id. Fam. 7, 22: inter fulmina et tonitrua, id. Phil. 5, 6, 15: promptior inter tenebras affirmatio, Tac. A. 2, 82: inter initia, at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—
d During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding: nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum, amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11: utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur, Tac. H. 3, 40: senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia, id. Agr. 32; cf.: ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios, id. H. 1, 1.—
e Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time: = interea, inter haec major alius terror, in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.: inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites, id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63: inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc., Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10: inter quae unctione uti licet, Cels. 4, 2, 3.— So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum, at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10: inter disceptandum, id. 12, 7, 6: inter res agendas, Suet. Caes. 45.—
D In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.
a Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —
b At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—
c Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.
