(verb) : inter-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, capio, lit., to take away between, i. e.
* To seize on the passage before arrival at the destined place, to intercept.
* Lit.: tun redimes me, si me hostes interceperint?Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93: venenum,to take the poison intended for another,Cic. Clu. 60: litteras,id. Att. 1, 13, 2; cf.: litterae interceptae,id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3; id. Att. 10, 8; Cassiod. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; Curt. 4, 10, 6: epistulam,id. 6, 9, 13: magnum numerum jumentorum atque hominum,Caes. B. C. 1, 55: commeatus,Liv. 36, 3: aliquis ab suis interceptus,cut off,id. 29, 9: hostes discretos,Tac. H. 4, 75: in sublime jactari sagoque intercipi (be held fast) ne tellurem attingat, Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52: interceptae e publico pecuniae,Tac. A. 4, 45: terga caput tangunt, colla intercepta videntur,to be wanting,Ov. M. 6, 379: quam (hastam) medius Rhoeteus intercipit, comes in the way of, i. e. is struck or killed by, Verg. A. 10, 402.
* Transf.
* To interrupt, hinder, cut off, preoccupy, preclude: medium iter,Liv. 25, 39, 2 (al. intersaepto): opportuna loca,id. 9, 43, 3: hostiles ingressus,Tac. A. 15, 3: medios sermones,Quint. 6, 4, 11: pedestre iter,Curt. 4, 2, 9: usum aurium intercipiente fremitu,id. 4, 13, 38.
* To take away, rob, steal: aliquid ab aliquo,Liv. 3, 71: aliquid alicui,Ov. P. 4, 7, 25; Plin. Pan. 75: veram laudem,Phaedr. 4, 12, 2: commentarios, quorum tamen pars maxima intercepta dicitur,copied from other sources,Suet. Gram. 3.
* Of death, to snatch away, carry off: si me fata intercepissent, Quint. prooem. 1, 6: apes saepe morbis intercipiuntur,Col. 9, 3: rex mortalitate interceptus,Plin. Ep. 10, 50; 6, 25, 4: interceptus veneno,Tac. Agr. 43; id. A. 3, 12; Suet. Caes. 20 fin.: scelere Pisonis,id. ib. 2, 71: a manu gladiatorum,id. Aug. 14 fin.: ceterum interceptus quoque magnum sibi vindicat locum,Quint. 10, 1, 121: neque ob aliud interceptus, quam, etc.,Tac. A. 2, 82: Theophilum atrox interceperat casus,Amm. 14, 7, 8.

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