Lewis Short
(verb) : inter-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, and n.
* Act.
* To leave off, intermit, omit, neglect; constr. with acc., aliquid ab, ad, or inf.
* Neutr.
* To let pass, suffer to elapse: tempus, quin,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 31: unum diem, quin veniat,Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 6: diem,Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1.
* With ad: nulla pars nocturni temporis ad laborem intermittitur,Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 5; 5, 11, 6.—(ε) With inf.: quod tu mihi litteras mittere intermisisses,Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 1; so, non intermittit suo tempore caelum mitescere, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: consulere rei publicae,id. Div. 2, 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 12, 1: obsides dare,Caes. B. G. 4, 31.
* To leave off, cease, pause: gallos gallinaceos sic assidue canere coepisse, ut nihil intermitterent,Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: aves intermittentes bibunt,drink by separate draughts,Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129.
* To leave an interval, to pause: spatium, qua flumen intermittit,does not flow,Caes. B. G. 1, 38; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 171: febris intermittit,is intermittent,Cels. 3, 14: febris intermittens,an intermitting fever,id. 3, 13.—Hence, intermissus, a, um, Part.
* Of a place, not occupied by, free from: custodiis loca,Liv. 7, 36, 1; 24, 35, 8: planities intermissa collibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 70.
* Of time or space, permitted to elapse, intervening, left between.
* Intermitted, neglected, or omitted for a time, respited, interrupted: ludi,Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55: ventus,Caes. B. G. 5, 8: libertas,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24: impetus remorum,id. de Or. 1, 33, 153: bella,Hor. C. 4, 1, 1: bellum,Suet. Aug. 16: censura diu,id. Claud. 16: nono die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum venire, Rutil. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 34.
* Not surrounded, unenclosed: pars oppidi, quae intermissa a flumine et a paludibus: aditum angustum habebat,Caes. B. G. 7, 17: trabes intermissae spatiis,separated,id. ib. 7, 23: verba prisca et ab usu quotidiani sermonis jamdiu intermissa,i. e. given up, abandoned,Cic. de Or. 3, 38: ordo,Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 50: mos,Plin. Ep. 9, 13: per intermissa moenia urbem intrārunt,i. e. where the wall was discontinued,Liv. 34, 37 fin.: facies, non multarum imaginum et intermissarum, sed unius longae et continuae,Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 8.
* Left out, omitted (late Lat.): nonnulla, quae mihi intermissa videbantur, adjeci, Hier. praef. ad Chron. Euseb.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary