(adv.prep.) : inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].
* 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.
* Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.
* Lit., in space.
* Of position only.
* Transf., of relations conceived as local.
* With verbs of motion.
* Of time.
* 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.
* In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.
* In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).
* 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.
* Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.
* 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.
* In some idiomatic phrases.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Between two dates or periods specified: dies XLV. inter binos ludos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Between; as, intercedere, interponere.
* At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.
* Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.

intĕr -ordĭnĭum (noun N) : ordo
* The space between two rows, Col. 3, 13, 3; 4, 14, 2; 5, 5, 3.

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