(verb) : inter-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3
* To go or come between, to intervene, to be between (syn. intervenio).
* Lit.
* In gen.: si quis intercedat tertius,Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56: intercedente lunā,Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 49: palus intercedebat,Caes. B. G. 7, 26: sylvae paludesque intercedebant,id. ib. 5, 52: inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnum numerum intercedere,id. ib. 2, 17, 2.
* Trop.
* To occur, happen, come to pass: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt,Caes. B. C. 1, 21: inter bellorum curas res parva intercessit,Liv. 34, 1: nullum dictum intercessit,Cic. Fam. 1, 9.
* Of time, to intervene, pass: vix annus intercesserat, cum, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 21: intercessere pauci dies,Liv. 2, 64: nox nulla intercessit,Cic. Cat. 1, 2: una nox intercesserat,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36; id. Clu. 20.
* To be, exist, or come between persons.
* In order or rank: etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.,Cic. Brut. 47, 173.
* To interpose one's credit, become surety for a person: promisit, intercessit, dedit,Cic. Att. 1, 16: pro aliquo,id. Phil. 2, 18, 45: pro aliquo magnam pecuniam,to procure for a person by becoming surety for him,id. Att. 6, 1, 5: in omni genere negotiorum et obligationum ... intercedere mulieres prohibentur,Paul. Sent. 2, 11, 1.
* To oppose, withstand, protest against; of the tribunes of the people, who interposed their veto against a decree of the senate: cum intercedere vellent rogationi,Cic. Or. 2, 47: nisi mihi levissimus tribunus plebis intercessisset,id. Leg. 3, 8: ea lege, qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit,id. Prov. Cons. 8: ea quae de reductione regis scripta est auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse,id. Fam. 1, 7: praetori,Liv. 38, 60: tribuni plebis intercedentes pro se (Caesare),Suet. Caes. 30; cf. At. Cap. ap. Gell. 4, 14, 6. This right of protest was also possessed by other magistrates; v. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Ascon. ap. Pis. 26; Liv. 5, 9.—So fig.: si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 7.
* In gen., to interpose, interfere.
* For or in behalf of a person, to intercede, interpose: cum enim vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer,Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 4; Suet. Dom. 11.
* To obstruct, hinder, interrupt: si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit,Ter. And. 5, 5, 5: intercessit et, quominus in acta sua juraretur, ut ne mensis September Tiberius vocaretur,Suet. Tib. 26: de cognomine intercessit Augustus,id. ib. 17: non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus,Tac. Agr. 46: consilio,id. H. 1, 19: parens noster privatas gratiarum actiones cohibet, intercessurus etiam publicis,Plin. Pan. 4: intercedere casibus, occursare fortunae,id. ib. 25fin.: iniquitatibus magistratuum,id. ib. 80, 4; Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.

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