the go-between

    medius adj.    [MED-], in the middle, in the midst, mid, mean, middle: mundi locus: tempus: solio medius consedit, in the middle, V.: medius Polluce et Castore ponar, between, O.: medios ignīs testor, i. e. on the altar between us, V.: medium turba Hunc habet, surrounds, V.: Discessere omnes medii, from the midst, V.: caelestes medio Iove sedent, O.: medium ostendere unguem, point with the middle finger, Iu.: cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit, no middle course: locus medius regionum earum, half-way between, Cs.: locus medius iuguli summique lacerti, between, O.: medius ex tribus, S.: in foro medio, in the middle of the forum: in mediis aedibus: de mediā nocte, midnight, Cs.: mediā aestate, at midsummer: medios dilapsus in hostīs, V.: Phoebus, the sun at noon, O.: (illum) medium adripere, by the middle, T.: iuvenem medium complectitur, L.—Fig., of the middle, middling, medial, moderate: aetatis mediae vir, of middle age, Ph.: nihil medium, sed inmensa omnia volventes animo, L.: gratia non media, extraordinary, L.: ingenium, Ta.: sermones, common, O.— Undetermined, undecided, neutral: medium quendam cursum tenere: medios esse: responsum, ambiguous, L.— Indifferent, not imperative: officium (opp. perfectum).— Intermediate: medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor, like each some respects, L.: consilium, avoiding both extremes, L.— Central, intimate, profound, essential: quae sunt ex mediā laude iustitiae, essential claims to honor: in medio maerore et dolore, buried in: in medio ardore belli, L.: media inter pocula, Iu.: Pacis eras mediusque belli, equally ready for, H.—As subst m., a mediator: paci medium se offert, V. I II

    inter-rēgnum ī, n    an interval between two reigns, interregnum: interregni ineundi ratio: id ab re interregnum appellatum, L.—In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate (between the death or departure of the consuls and the choice of their successors): res ad interegnum venit: interregnum inire, to become interrex, L.

    germānitās ātis, f    [germanus], the relation between children of the same parents, brotherhood, sisterhood: te moveat germanitas: germanitatis memoria, L.: ea (of colonies), L.

    via ae (old viāī, Enn. ap. C.), f    [VAG-], a way, highway, road, path, street: Roma, non optimis viis: ire in viā, T.: omnibus viis notis essedarios emittebat, Cs.: via, quā Assoro itur Hennam: viā ire, by the highway, L.: tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia: Via Sacra, H.: castra angustiis viarum contrahit, etc., i. e. of the passages (between the tents), Cs. —Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. C.: totā errare viā, T.— A way, passage, channel, pipe, entrance: omnes eius (sanguinis) viae, i. e. veins: a medio intestino usque ad portas iecoris ductae viae, ducts: Spirandi viae, the windpipe, O.: Finditur in solidum cuneis via, a cleft, V.: harundo Signavit viam flammis, its path, V.—A way, march, journey: in viam se dare: tridui, a three days' journey, Cs.: longitudo viae, L.: Flecte viam velis, V.: lassus maris et viarum, H.: inter vias, on the road, T. —Fig., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, course: ut rectā viā rem narret, i. e. directly, T.: vitae via conversa, H.: rectam vitae viam sequi: haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est, L.: gloriae: (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam.— Abl, by the right way, in the proper manner, correctly, unerringly, properly: in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum, etc.: ipsus secum eam rem reputavit viā, T.: viā et arte dicere.

    hōra ae, f, ὥρα, an hour (one twelfth of the day between sunrise and sunset): Dum haec dicit, abiit hora, T.: horam amplius moliebantur: horam durare, H.: in horā saepe ducentos versūs dictabat, H.: horas trīs dicere: quattuor horarum spatium, Cs.: hora quota est? what o'clock? H.: nuntiare quot horas, the time of day, Iu.: hora secunda postridie: post horam primam noctis: clavum mutare in horas, every hour, H.: in diem et horam, i. e. continually, H.—Prov.: in horam vivere, from hand to mouth.—Plur., a horologe, dial, clock: moveri videmus horas: mittere ad horas, send to ask the time.—A time, time of year, season: quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, H.: recte vivendi, H.: crastina, V.: verni temporis, H.: Caniculae, i. e. midsummer, H.: Quae rapit hora diem, i. e. time, H.—Person., the Hours, attendants of the sun: positae spatiis aequalibus, O.: Nox Horis acta, V.

    inter-vāllum ī, n    —Prop., the space between palisades, an intermediate space, interval, distance: pari intervallo, at an equal distance, Cs.: quo consuerat intervallo, at the usual distance, Cs.: videt magnis intervallis sequentes, L.: unius signi: ex intervallo, from a distance, L.: longo proximus intervallo, V.: ab Capsā duūm milium intervallo, S.—In time, an interval, intermission, respite: annuum regni, interregnum, L.: sine intervallo loquacitas, incessant: dolor dat intervalla, relaxes sometimes: ex tanto intervallo, L.—A pause: trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo: intervallo dicere, after a pause: in cantibus intervalla, musical pauses.—Fig., difference, dissimilitude: quantum sit interiectum inter, etc.

    gentīlitās ātis, f    [gentilis], the relationship between members of a gens: gentilitatis ius: gentilitatum iura.

    inter-nōdium ī, n    [inter+nodus], the space between two joints: quā facit internodia poples, O.

    inter praep. with acc.    [ANA-], between, betwixt: (mons) inter Sequanos et Helvetios, Cs.: inter me et Brundisium esse.—With more than two objects, among, amid, in the midst of, surrounded by: inter hostium tela versari: inter multos saucios relictus, L.: inter ingentīs solitudines, S.: inter varias columnas, H.—With an extended object, in the midst of, surrounded by: erat inter ceteram planitiem mons, S.: inter purpuram atque aurum, L.—Among, into the midst of: inter densas fagos veniebat, V.: te venisse inter falcarios, into the street of the scythe-makers.—Of time, in relation to two dates, between: dies XLV inter binos ludos: inter Laviniam et Albam deductam coloniam XXX interfuere anni, L.—With a period, during, in the course of, within, for, by, at: inter haec negotia, S.: inter annos XIIII tectum non subissent, Cs.: omnia inter decem annos facta: inter noctem lux orta, L.—In phrases, inter haec, meanwhile, during this time, L.: Inter cuncta, at all times, H.: inter quae, Cu.—In the course of, while, during: inter vias cogitare, on the way, T.: inter fulmina et tonitrua: inter agendum, V.: media inter carmina, during the play, H.—During, in spite of, notwithstanding: inter eas moras, S.: nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum.—Fig., in discrimination, between, among: inter bonos et malos discrimen, S.: iudicium inter deas tres: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios iudicare: inter has sententias diiudicare: inter fugae pugnaeque consilium, L.: quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem.—Of reciprocal relations, between, among: regnum inter Iugurtham et Adherbalem dividere, S.: quos inter magna fuit contentio, N.: componere lites Inter Peliden et inter Atriden, H.: certamen iniectum inter primores civitates, L.—In phrases with pronouns: novisse nos inter nos, one another, T.: res inter eos agi coeptae, mutually, Cs.: conloqui inter nos, with one another: inter se fidi, S.: pueri amant inter se, one another: furtim inter se aspicere: complecti inter se, L.: haec inter se cum repugnent, are inconsistent: disconvenit inter Meque et te, H.: complexiones atomorum inter se, mutual: collīs duos inter se propinquos occupat, near one another, S.—Of a class or number, among, in, with: summā gratiā inter suos, Cs.: inter hostīs variae fuere sententiae, L.: homines inter suos nobiles: inter amabilīs ponere me choros, H.—After a sup: honestissimus inter suos numerabatur: plurimum inter eos valere, Cs.: maximum imperium inter finitimos, L.—Praegn. with pronouns: consulatum nobilitas inter se per manūs tradebat, within their own order, S.: quod inter nos liceat dicere, i. e. confidentially.—In phrases, inter manūs, see manus: quaestio Flamini inter sicarios, on a charge of assassination: cum praetor questionem inter sicarios exercuisset, sat to try assassins: eos inter sicarios defendere: inter exempla esse, to serve as an example, Ta.: inter paucas memorata clades, i. e. eminently, extremely, L: secuti inter cetera auctoritatem Pausistrati, eminently, especially, L.: inter cetera etiam vigiliis confecti, i. e. more than by all else, L. In composition inter is unchanged, except that r is assimilated in intellego, and its derivatives.— Between: intercedo, interpono.—At intervals, from time to time: interaestuo, intermitto, interviso.— Under, down, to the bottom: intereo, interficio.

    inter-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere,    to come between, intervene, be between: palus, quae intercedebat, Cs.: inter singulas legiones impedimentorum numerum intercedere, Cs.—To occur, happen, come to pass: neque ullam rem intercessisse me indignam, T.: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercedunt, Cs.: inter bellorum curas intercessit res parva, L.: nullum dictum intercessit: huic continentia bella intercesserant, Cs.— Of time, to intervene, pass: ut spatium intercederet, dum, etc., an interval, Cs.: nox nulla intercessit.—In order or rank, to come between: etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.—Fig., of personal relations, to intervene, come between, be reciprocal: ira inter eas intercessit, T.: ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile ius intercederet: inter nos officia paria intercedunt: inter quos aemulatio intercedebat, N.: huic cum reliquis civitatibus bella intercesserant, Cs.—To interpose one's credit, become surety: promisit, intercessit, dedit: pro aliquo magnam pecuniam, guaranty.—To interpose, intercede, bring about as mediator: cum vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer.—To oppose, withstand, protest against (esp. of the tribunes, against a decree of the senate): intercedit Antonius, Cs.: rogationi: ea auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse: senatūs consulto, L.—To obstruct, hinder, interrupt: huic gaudio, T.: non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus, Ta.

   an    conj.    I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter clause; in Engl. represented by or and the interrog. form of the clause.—After utrum, in direct questions: utrum has corporis an Pythagorae tibi malis viris ingeni dari?: utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?: utrumne iussi persequemur otium, an, etc., H.—In indirect questions, whether... or: intellegere utrum pudor an timor valeret, Cs.: quaero, utrum clemens an inhumanissimus videatur: agitamus utrumne... an, etc., H.—After enclitic -ne in direct questions: vosne Domitium an vos Domitius deseruit? Cs.: uter... isne, qui... an ille, qui? etc.—Annon (an non) in the latter clause simply negatives the former: hocine agis an non? T.—Indirect, whether... or: agitur liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus: quaeso sitne aliqua actio an nulla.—Rarely annon: Roga velitne an non uxorem, T. — After a clause without correl. interrog. particle, in direct questions: ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?: eloquar an sileam? V.—So with -ne pleonast.: obtrectatum esse, Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique?—By ellips. of verb, an becomes simply disjunctive between two words: cum Simonides an quis alius polliceretur: cum id constaret, iure an iniuriā eripiendos esse reos, L.—Indirect: vivat an mortuus sit, quis curat?: hoc quaeramus, verum sit an falsum?— With ellips. of verb: neque, recte an perperam (sc. fiat), interpretor, L.; cf. discrimine recte an perperam facti confuso, L.—The former interrog. clause is often implied in a previous affirmation, and the clause with an expects a negative answer: quid enim actum est? an litteris pepercisti? (was it as I have said?), or did you, etc., i. e. you surely did not, etc.: at Pompeii voluntatem a me abalienabat oratio mea. An ille quemquam plus dilexit? or rather: sive vetabat, ‘an hoc inhonestum... necne sit addubites?’ (where an addubites asks a direct question, and hoc... sit an indirect question dependent on it), H.: quas Kalendas Iunias expectasti? an eas, ad quas, etc.?: an Scipio Gracchum interfecit, Catilinam... nos perferemus? or (if what I have said be questioned) while Scipio slew... are we to tolerate Catiline?—After a question, with num, an introduces a new question, correcting or denying the former, or rather: num iniquom postulo? an ne hoc quidem ego adipiscar...? or rather am I not even to get, etc., T.: num Homerum coegit obmutescere senectus? an studiorum agitatio vitae aequalis fuit? or was not rather? etc.—Sometimes the former interrog. clause, to be supplied, expects a negative answer, and the clause with an is an implied affirmation: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit? Quibus? an iis, etc.: unde ordiar? an eadem attingam, quae, etc.—So often annon? or is it not so? hem quo fretus sim... annon dixi, etc., T.: annon sensistis triumphatum hodie de vobis esse? or have you not? etc., L. — Ellipt.: cuium pecus? an Meliboei? Meliboeus's, I suppose, V.—    II. Meton., without disjunctive force.—With expressions of doubt, ignorance, uncertainty, the former interrog. clause is regularly omitted, the latter with an expressing the belief or opinion of the speaker, I know not but, I incline to think, I suspect, perhaps, probably: hau scio an quae dixit sint vera, T.: res nescio an maxima, L.: dubito an Apronio data sit merces: haud sciam an ne opus sit quidem, etc., possibly it may not be desirable: is mortuus est, nescio an antequam, etc.: Qui scis, an, quae iubeam, sine vi faciat, T.—In indirect questions, whether: quaesivi an misisset: quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent, L.—With an repeated: animo nunc huc nunc fluctuat illuc, an sese mucrone... Induat... Fluctibus an iaciat, V.: temptare an sit Corpus an illud ebur, O.

    forum ī, n    [1 FOR-], an open space, public place, court, market-place: forum, id est, vestibulum sepulcri: per fora loqui, Ta.: Pars forum celebrant, O.— A market-place, market, enclosure for selling, exchange: fora exstruere, Ta.: rerum venalium, S.: cui fora multa restarent, had many market-places to visit: boarium, the cattle-market (adjoining the circus), L.: holitorium, the vegetable-market, L.: piscatorium, the fish-market, L.— Prov.: Scisti uti foro, i. e. to act for your advantage, T.— A market-place, forum, public square, exchange (in each city, the centre of public life): Nunc forum quem spectat, i. e. all the people, H.: statua eius (Anici) Praeneste in foro statuta, I<*>: mane forum pete, H.—In Rome, esp. Forum Romanum, or Forum, an open space between the Capitoline and Palatine hills, surrounded by porticos and shops: toto quantum foro spatium est, L.: adripere verba de foro, pick up in the street: caruit foro Pompeius, i. e. was compelled to avoid: filiam in foro suā manu interemere: forumque Litibus orbum, H.: ut primum forum attigerim, i. e. engaged in public affairs: studia fori, Ta.: forum Mandabo siccis, i. e. affairs of state, H.: ut forum et iuris dictionem cum ferro et armis conferatis, the courts: cedat forum castris: Insanum, V.: forum agere, hold court: fori harena, Iu.: civitates, quae in id forum convenerant, that court-district: extra suum forum vadimonium promittere, jurisdiction: annos iam triginta in foro versaris, in trade: sublata erat de foro fides: hunc in foro non haberemus, i. e. he would have been bankrupt: Cedere foro, become bankrupt, Iu.: Forum Augustum (with an ivory statue of Apollo), O.; called forum, Iu.—As nom propr. of many market and assize towns.—Esp.: Appī, a markettown in Latium, on the Via Appia, C., H.: Aurelium, a small town on the Via Aurelia, C.

    eques itis, m    [equus], a horseman, rider: equites, qui litteras attulerant, L.: equus docilis Ire viam quā monstret eques, H.: equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo, i. e. the horse and his rider, V.— A horse - soldier, trooper, cavalryman, horseman: equitum milia erant sex, cavalry (opp. pedites), Cs.: equites virique, L. — Sing collect.: equiti admoti equi, L.— A knight, one of the equestrian order (between the Senate and the Plebs): Romanus: equites Romani: equitum centuriae: turma equitum R., S. — Sing collect.: omnis, the equestrian order, O.: Si discordet eques, the spectators in the knights' seats, H.

    quis-que quaeque, quidque, and    （adj.) quodque, pron. indef, whoever it be, whatever, each, each one, every, everybody, every one, everything (of more than two): ut quisque venerat, Accedebam, i. e. whoever arrived, T.: mens cuiusque is est quisque, the mind is the man: quod quisque imperator habeat: statuere, quid quemque cuique praestare oporteat: sibi quoque tendente, ut periculo prius evaderet, L.: quis quosque nostrum loquatur: Quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum, Si, etc., H.: quo quisque est sollertior, hoc docet laboriosius: Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, H.—Sing. with plur apposit.: decimus quisque ad supplicium lecti, L.: ultimi cum suis quisque ducibus, Cu.— Plur: ut quosque studium aut gratia occupaverunt, i. e. them severally, L.: quae apud quosque visenda sunt: Singula quaeque locum teneant, H.—After a sup., of an entire class: optimus quisque ita loquebatur, i. e. all noblemen: doctissimus quisque, every man of learning: asperrima quaeque ad laborem deposcimus, L.: antiquissimum quodque tempus, Cs.—Plur. (usu. when the whole consists of several groups): in optimis quibusque gloriae certamen, i. e. in cases of friendship between eminent men: multi mortales convenere... maxime proximi quique, L.: litterae longissimae quaeque.—With primus or proximus, always the first, at each earliest time, as soon as possible in each case: primum quidque videamus, i. e. let us take up the first point first: si quis fecerit... de eius honore primo quoque die referant: ne proxima quaeque amoliendo aditum facerent, L.: primo quoque tempore, as soon as possible, the earliest possible moment, C., L.—After an ordinal num: tertio quoque verbo excitabantur, at every other word: quinto quoque anno, i. e. every four years.—After a pron reflex., each for himself, severally, individually, without exception: pro se quisque: ut quanti quisque se ipse faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis: quo ferat natura sua quemque: ut pro suā quisque patriā dimicent ferro, L.—Rarely before the pron: quisque suos patimur Manes, V.: quos Poenus in civitates quemque suas dimisit, L.—For uter, each: Oscula quisque suae matri properata tulerunt, O.—Quisque as fem. for quaeque: quo quisque pacto hic vitam vostrorum exigit, T.

    inter-sum fuī, futūrus, esse,    to be between, lie between: quas (segetes) inter et castra unus collis intererat, Cs.: ut Tiberis inter eos et pons interesset: via interest perangusta, L.—To intervene, elapse: inter primum et sextum consulatum sex anni interfuerunt: inter Laviniam et Albam Longam coloniam deductam interfuere, etc., L.—To be different, differ: ut inter eos ne minimum quidem intersit, there is not the slightest difference: inter hominem et beluam hoc maxime interest, quod, etc., differ chiefly in this: in his rebus nihil omnino interest, there is no difference whatever: Hoc pater ac dominus interest, there is this difference, T.: tantum id interest, veneritne an, etc., L.: negant (ea) quidquam a falsis interesse: quod ab eo nihil intersit, etc.: stulto intellegens Quid interest? T.: ut matrona Intererit Satyris paulum, H.—To be present, take part, attend, assist, intervene: audierunt alii, qui interfuerant: Nec deus intersit, nisi, etc., H.: epulis: lacrimis patris, V.: populo Quirini, live with, H.: proelio, Cs.: in convivio: in testamento faciendo.—3d pers. impers., it makes a difference, it interests, it concerns, it is of interest: quasi paulum intersiet, T.: Paulum interesse censes, ex animo facias, an, etc., T.: neque interesse... -ne... -ne, makes no difference, Cs.: novis coniunctionibus interest, qualis primus aditus sit: Divesne natus Nil interest an pauper, H.: quid interfuit utrum hoc decerneres, an, etc., what mattered it? nihil interest nunc, an violaverim, etc., L.: quantum interesset Clodii, se perire: quid eius intererat?: meā video quid intersit: quod ego et meā et rei p. interesse arbitror: illud meā magni interest, te ut videam: utriusque nostrum magni interest ut te videam: ad honorem interesse: ad beate vivendum; cf. with defin. subj.: non quo meā interest natura loci, is of interest to me.

    sacer cra, crum, adj. with sup.    [1 SAC-], dedicated, consecrated, devoted, sacred: aedes: aedificia: locus: iura sacerrima lecti, O.: luctus late, V.: aurum, L.: tus, O.: ales (as regarded in augury), V.: tempus, H.: commissum, a crime against religion: vitis (sacred to Bacchus), H.: robur, O.: aqua, H.: fontes, V.: sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus, H.: sacro Dianae celebris die, H.: terra sacra deorum est: Sacra Iovi quercus, O.: Cereri Polyphoetes, V.: mensis Manibus, O.—As nom prop.: legiones in Sacrum montem secessisse, to the Sacred mount (on the right bank of the Anio, three miles from Rome), L.: Sacra via, Holy street (between the Forum and the Capitol): Ibam forte viā Sacrā, H.— Regarded with reverence, holy, awful, venerable: silentium, H.; cf. ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, L.— Devoted, forfeited, accursed, given over: sacer esto, H.: eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri, L.: ut eius caput Iovi sacrum esset, L.— Accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous: Auri fames, V.: Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor, H.

    sequester tris or tra, tre, adj.    [sequor], inter mediate, mediating, negotiating: iudex.—As subst m., a depositary, trustee, mediator, agent of bribery, go-between: aut sequestres aut interpretes conrumpendi iudici.—As subst f.: pace sequestrā, i. e. under the protection of a truce, V.

    Subūra ae, f    a busy quarter in Rome, between the Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal, with booths and vegetable markets, L., Iu.

    circus ī, m    [CVR-], a circular line, circle: lacteus, the Milky Way.—An enclosure for athletic games, race-course, ring: longo decedere circo, V.: munera circo locantur In medio, V.: maritimus (at Anagnia), L. — Esp.: Circus Maximus, an oval circus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, with room for 100,000, C., L., O.; often called Circus, C.: Fallax (as the resort of soothsayers and jugglers), H. — The Circus Flaminius, C.; called Circus, O.

    līmes itis, m    [2 LAC-], a path, passage, road, way, track: eo limite signa extulerunt, L.: lato te limite ducam, V.: acclivis, O.: transversi, by-roads, L.: Appiae, the line of the Appian way, L.: solito dum flumina currant Limite, channel, O.: trahens spatioso limite crinem Stella, track, O.: Sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes, the zodiac, O.— A boundary, limit, land-mark (between two fields or estates): partiri limite campum, V.: effodit medio de limite saxum, Iu.: certi, H.— A fortified boundary-line, boundary-wall: limite acto, Ta.— Fig., a boundary, limit: angustus mundi, Iu.— A way, path: quasi limes ad caeli aditum: idem limes agendus erit, i. e. the same means, O.