(v. a.P. a.) : inter-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (in tmesi:
* Inter quasi rumpere,Lucr. 5, 287: inter quasi rupta,id. 5, 299), v. a., to break apart or asunder, break to pieces, break up (class., esp. in part. pass.).
* Lit.: contingere idem terrae necesse est, ut nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit,Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116: interrupta et impervia itinera,Tac. A. 3, 31: acies,Liv. 40, 40: ignes,scattered about, here and there,Verg. A. 9, 239.—Of bridges, etc.: pontem fluminis,to destroy,Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 1, 48; id. B. G. 7, 34; Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; Liv. 2, 10; Just. 2, 13, 5.—Of the ranks of an army, esp. the enemy's line: interrupta acies,Liv. 40, 40: extremum agmen,Caes. B. C. 1, 64: aciem hostium,Liv. 44, 41.
* Trop., to break off, interrupt: orationem,Caes. B. C. 3, 19: iter amoris et officii,Cic. Att. 4, 2: ordinem,Col. 11, 2, 25: sermonem,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 25: contextum,Quint. 11, 3, 39: querelas,Ov. M. 11, 420: possessionem,Dig. 41, 3, 5: somnos,Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55: ni medici adventus nos interrupisset,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 1: somnum,Suet. Aug. 78.—Hence, interruptus, a, um, P. a., interrupted: officium,Cic. Fam. 5, 8: consuetudo,id. ib. 15, 14: voces,id. Cael. 24: dictio silentio,Quint. 9, 2, 71: sermo,Tac. H. 2, 41. — Adv.: interruptē, interruptedly: narrare,Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.

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